Mining Incidents

Preparation Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Nick A Cooley
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1506378

MSHA record for Preparation Plant (mine ID 1506378). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky Elkhorn Coals Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Preparation 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

September 20, 1983 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Elkhorn Coals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD GOTTEN COAL SAMPLE FROM RAIL CAR AND STARTED TO GET DOWN OFF OF CAR AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE CAR FRACTURING HIS LEFT LEG