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Pilgrim Number Six Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Inez, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518036

MSHA record for Pilgrim Number Six Mine (mine ID 1518036). 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
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Ownership history
  1. Pilgrim Mining Company Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pilgrim Number Six Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1998 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ HAD FAILED TO FULLY RESTART THE FLOOR JACK THEN TILTED THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE DOWNWARD. WHEN HE LOWERED HIS FOOTJACK THE MACHINES'CANOPY DROPPED APPROX 2 INCHES STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD

August 27, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS MOVING CABLE SLACK WHEN HE STUMBLED OVER WATERLINE LANDING AGAINST THE COAL RIB.

June 8, 1998 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LID FROM PLASTER BUCKET WHEN PLASTER SPLASHED UNDER GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.(PRESCRIPTION DRUG REQUIRED).