Mining Incidents

No 7 Mine (D): 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Price Dean
Hellier, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1505394

MSHA record for No 7 Mine (D) (mine ID 1505394). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Johnie Childers Coal Company 1950 to 1981
  2. Johnie Childers Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 Mine (D) 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

5 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Johnie Childers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING BREAKER POST PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER AND MASHING HIM TO MINE FLOOR.

June 6, 1984 KY · Coal driller operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Johnie Childers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE SHOT FIRER WAS SHOOTING TWO PLACES. HE HAD SHOT THE FIRST ONE AND WAS GETTING READY TO SHOOT THE SECOND. THE COAL DRILL OPER. FAILED TO GET P OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE CAUSING A SMALL LUMP O F COAL TO STRIKE HIM IN THE EYE.

1983 · 3 incidents

October 4, 1983 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Johnie Childers Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ENTERING MANTRIP-OPERATOR OF MANTRIP SAID IT ACCIDENTLY KICKED ON POINT AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE TOP. CRUSHING HIS CHEST. THE INJURED HAD A BROKE RIGHT COLLAR BONE AND ONE RIGHT RIB. HE ALSO HAD AN ABRASION ON HIS LEFT ARM.

May 30, 1983 KY · Coal driller operator OTHER
Johnie Childers Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING 2 PLACES & SAT DOWN TO REST STARTED COUGHING, HIS RIBS BEGAN TO HURT AFTER HE STARTED CAUGHING.