Mining Incidents

No 8: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Kem Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Dwarf, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513563

MSHA record for No 8 (mine ID 1513563). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Highland Coal Inc 1982 to 1985
  2. Kem Coal Inc 1985 to 1995
  3. Kem Coal Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 8 sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 28, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP ALLEGEDLY INJURING HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING UNTIL 05-10-94

1991 · 1 incident

October 22, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN TRACTOR BUMPED BLADE LIFT CONTROL, R HAND PINCHED BETWEEN CAB AND BLADE FRACT TO 5 MET.

1989 · 1 incident

January 26, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Kem Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT THIGH WITH A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK.

1986 · 1 incident

April 9, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT WHILE OPERATING A DOZER HE HIT A ROCK WHICH JERKED HIM AND CAUSED TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 17, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highland Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CAB OF WATER TRUCK AND STEPPED OFF OF CATWALK AND FELL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING BOTH HEELS.

May 4, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Highland Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING A BUCKET TOOTH SHANK PIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HIUTTING THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE A BUCKET TOOTH.

April 30, 1984 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Highland Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL RAG FREE FROM ROTATING TOP DRIVE ON DRILL AND CAUGHT HAND, CAUSING GREASE FITTING ON TOP DRIVE TO CUT FINGER