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Pike Co Mine No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Talmage D Meade
Hellier, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516783

Pike Co Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1992 8 55,010
1991 14 54,868
1990 19 59,013
1989 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pike Co Mine No 1 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

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

June 11, 1990 KY · Coal security guard, watchman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS A NIGHT WATCHMAN AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING HE HEARD ROCKS FALLING AND WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING THE HIGHWALL HAS A SLIDE AND HE WAS STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE HIGHWALL AND A TREE FELL OFF ON HIM TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH IT.

February 27, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BULLDOZER HOOKED BY CABLE ONTO ANOTHER BULLDOZER. THEY WERE CLEARING HOLLOWFILL AND GETTING READY TO QUIT AND HE GOT OUT OF THE BULLDOZER TO UNHOOK THE CABLE AND COULD NOT GE T IT LOOSE SO HE PULLED ON IT TO LOOSEN IT AND PULLED HIS RIGHT SIDE- POSSIBLE HERNIA.