Mining Incidents

Pam-Car: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Pam Car Venture Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dempsey Richard
Fryer, Caldwell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513596

MSHA record for Pam-Car (mine ID 1513596). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Dawn Coal Company 1982 to 1983
  2. Pam Car Venture Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pam-Car sits in Caldwell 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.
Caldwell County, Kentucky · Population 12,631
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,618
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

April 25, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL
Pam Car Venture Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JUMPING A BATTERY CABLES ARCED POPPING THE CAP OFF THE TOP OF THE BATTERY. THE CAP STRUCK THE EE IN THE RT EYE.

January 21, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pam Car Venture Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HOSE WITH THE HELP OF A BACKHOE HE SLIPPED IN THE SNOW AND HIS LEFT FOOT GOT HIT BY THE BACKHOE BUCKET

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 3 incidents

October 17, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pam Car Venture Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAD CUTTING TORCH GLASSES ON WHILE USING TORCH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ALLOWED A 6INX6INX36IN TIMBER THAT HE WAS HANDLING TO FALL STRIKING INJURED ON TOP INSTEP OF LEFT FOOT

September 20, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pam Car Venture Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING ON AIR CYLINDER ON THE 190-D DRAGLINE THE EMPLOYEE MASHED THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER, ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BOLT HOLES.

August 28, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pam Car Venture Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE SERVICING EQUIPMENT EMPL HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON UNDERSIDE OF PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BRUISING ELBOW.