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Ridgeway Prep Plant #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Ridgeway Coals Inc · Facility
Controlled by United Company
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516260

Ridgeway Prep Plant #1 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ridgeway Coals Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ridgeway Prep Plant #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

1989 · 1 incident

January 11, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE TOOLS TO 4TH LEVEL OF PREP PLANT & LEAVE ON INSIDE OF BLDG. EMPL WAS TO RETURN TO TRUCK & PICK UP INSULATION FROM STORAGE AREA & UNLOAD ON GROUND AT PREP PLANT INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO TRUCK EMPL EXITED THROUGH TEMPORARY OPENING ONTO ROOF #5 OF PREP PLANT. ROOF AREA WAS COVERED WITH FROST & EMPL SLIPPED OFF OF ROOF & FELL 52' TO G ROUND.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1988 KY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING FROM THE PREPEARTAION PLANT FLOORS STAIRWAY. HE MISJUDGED THE SECON TREND AND FELL HALF WAY DOWN THE STAIRS BEFORE REGAINING HIS BALNCE.

May 18, 1988 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. USING IMPACT WRENCH TO IMPACT EREXTION BOLTS. PIN SECURING OCKET TO WRENCH BECAME PARTIALLY EXPOSED AND AS IT TURNED THE PIN CAUGHT THE LEFT HAND, LACERATING IT BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS. THE WOUND WAS STITCHED CLOSED AND ADRESSING APPLIED BY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.