Mining Incidents

Paintsville Shop: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
Paintsville, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509935

MSHA record for Paintsville Shop (mine ID 1509935). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1976 to 1993
  2. Island Creek Coal Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Paintsville Shop sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

December 31, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Island Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK WITH BAR CAUGHT BETWEN FORKS OF CAT FORKLIFT AND FRAME

May 1, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EXAMINING MOTOR HE WAS WORKING ON AND WALKING AROUND IT THE METATARSAL PART OF BOOT CAUGHT ON MOTOR.

February 5, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS TURNING OVER PIECE OF 1" METAL & RUPTURED HIMSELF.