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Perry County Job: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Fusonia, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517722

MSHA record for Perry County Job (mine ID 1517722). 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
1996–1997
Latest incident
Jan 1997
Ownership history
  1. Miller Brothers Coal Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Perry County Job 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

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

January 2, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS PUSHING BY A NEW HOLLOWFILL WHEN A TREE LIMB BECAME LODGED AGAINST THE BLADE. HE GOT OUT & TRIED TO PUSH THE LIMB OFF, SLIPPED & HIT HIS RT. SHOULDER. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND NOTIFIED TH E FOREMAN.

1996 · 1 incident

November 22, 1996 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL WHEN HE GOT HIS RT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT. THE FINGER WAS BROKEN AND REQUIRED STITCHES.