Mining Incidents

No5: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Fiesty, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510282

MSHA record for No5 (mine ID 1510282). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Newcon Coals Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. Lost Mountain Mining Inc 1979 to 1981
  3. Lost Mountain Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No5 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1987 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

April 2, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPL OPERATING 100 TON ROCK TRUCK AND HAD JUST DUMPED A LOAD OF OVERBURDEN.AS BED WAS LOWERING ,A HYDRAULIC LINE BURST ALLOWING FLUID TO SPRAY ONTO HOT TURBO CHARGERS,FLASH FIRE RESULTED FROM THIS AND EMPL JUMPED FROM OPERAOTORS LEVEL OF TRUCK ONTO THE GROUND.

1984 · 7 incidents

December 15, 1984 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING SCRAP LUMBER FROM AN OLD SHED THAT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD OBER HE STEPPED ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A BOARD. THE NAI L PENERTATED HIS LEFT SHOE SOLE CREATING A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS FOOT.

August 29, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A RADIATOR CAP OFF A 85 TON ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE CAP BLEW OFF ALLOWING HOT COOLANT TO ESCAPE. THE HOT COOLANT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG ABOVE HIS BOOT.

July 13, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED WITH OVERBURDEN A LARGE ROCK WAS LOADED INTO THE TRUCK THAT SHOOK THE TRUCK THE OPERATOR WAS BOUNCED IN THE CAB CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN T A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE OPERATOR.

June 12, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. EE EXITED THE TRUCK JUMPED TO T HE GROUND FROM AN ELEVATED PLATFORM. EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE CONTACTED THE GROUND.

May 18, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE COOLANT LEVEL IN THE RADIATOR OF HIS WHEEL DOZER WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND

March 30, 1984 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING STEEL CABLE ON FRONT OF HIS TRUCK AND WHEN HE EXPERIENCED MILD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK PAIN INCREASED UNTIL EMPLOYEE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN