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Prep Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Marenko Clifford
Belfry, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1502114

MSHA record for Prep Plant (mine ID 1502114). 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
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Loftis Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Sharondale Corp 1981 to 1985
  3. Samoyed Energy Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Prep Plant 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

1986 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME, TRUCK D9IVER WAS DESCENDING REFUSE PILE. HE SAID THAT HE LOST THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK. HE TRAVELED APPROX 50 YDS. STRIKING A DOZER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HIS HEAD STR UCK THE WINDSHI9LD BREAKING THE GLASS. HIS CHEST STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THE VISABILITY WAS GOOD

July 9, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Samoyed Energy Company Inc · Fall from machine

SPILLED FLOCC O3 FLOOR EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN FLOCC SLIPPED AND FELL HURT RT KNEE

1983 · 1 incident

February 28, 1983 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sharondale Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLEANING R/R CAR CLIMBING OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN INTO THE CAR LANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR.