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No 7 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Topper Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary D Fields
Kimper, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517284

MSHA record for No 7 Mine (mine ID 1517284). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. United Fuels Inc 1992 to 1993
  2. Topper Coal Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

August 4, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Topper Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER HELPER ON OFF SIDE OF BOLTER EMPTING DUST BOXES BOLTER OPERATOR STARTED BOLTER AN STARTED TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER HELPERS FOOT WAS UNDER WHEEL.

January 12, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Fuels Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE ONE OF THE UNDERGROUND SHUTTLE CARS. WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING MOVED THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE. BREAKING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.