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No 9: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lookout, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517081

MSHA record for No 9 (mine ID 1517081). 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
1991–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 9 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

1992 · 1 incident

February 10, 1992 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS OPERATING A 45 DRILLER WHEN ONE OF THE OUTRIGGER PADS FELL OFF, WHICH WEIGHED ABOUT 100 LB. HE WAS ROLLING IT OUT OF THE WAY. HE SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING OUT IN HIS BACK. HE NOTIFIED HI S FOREMAN ABOUT 3 HR LATER HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.

1991 · 1 incident

August 19, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

FEET SLIPPED ON ARMS OF LOADER WHILE CLEANING WINDOW: FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT HIP ON ARMS OF LOADER.