Mining Incidents

Rowdy Tipple: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bill Detherage
Rowdy, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512419

MSHA record for Rowdy Tipple (mine ID 1512419). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky Prince Coal Corp 1980 to 1986
  2. Kentucky Prince Mining Company 1986 to 1992
  3. Star Mining Company 1992 to 1994
  4. North Fork Coal Sales 1994 to 1994
  5. Patrick Processing Llc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rowdy Tipple sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1993 · 1 incident

March 25, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING A RH120 SHOVEL AND REMOVED A PIN FROM THE MACHINE,BENT OVER TO LIFT THE PIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF OF LADDER ON LEFT SIDE OF 380 KOMATSU LOADER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

March 28, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Fall from machine

GOVERNER CAUSED TRUCK ENGINER TO RUN WIDE OPEN DRIVER TRIED TO KILL ENGINE AND COULD NOT DRIVER HAD TO JUMP OUT OF TRUCK

1990 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS FILLING ENGINE WITH OIL OF LOADER.(LD-04).SUBJECT REACHED ACROSS OIL HOSE TO CHECK OIL LEVEL WHEN A WIRE ON OIL HOSE,STUCK IN SUBJECTS RIGHT ARM.

July 20, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRIKING TRACK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PIECE OF THE TRACK BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SHIN AREA MAKING A 3/4 INCH GASH AND EMBEDDING IN THE LEG.

1989 · 1 incident

April 16, 1989 KY · Coal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPENED GATE TO JOB AND WHEN HE TURNED IT LOSE IT STARTED TO SWING. I,NAME TRIED TO CATCH IT AND GATE PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEN GATE & POST HOLDING GATE UP, IT DID NOT DAMAGE THE BONE BUT PULLED THE END OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF FROM FIRST JOINT UP.

1988 · 1 incident

January 19, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WELDING ON3DOZER ROLLER FRAME AND ROLLER FRAME TILTED OVER AND EMPL STUMBLED AND FELL.HEAD HIT FRAME OF DOZER.

1987 · 2 incidents

May 13, 1987 KY · Coal welder (shop) FIRE
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS USING A 7ORCH AND CAUGHT HIS SOCK ON FIRE WHICH BURNED HIS ANKLE AND LEG.

January 27, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Prince Mining Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS W ALKING3 ACROSS LOAD OF ROCK TRUCK FELL WITH BOTTLE IN LEFT LAND (SLIPPED ON ICE) CUT LEFT THUMB & IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING UP CUT THE THIRD FINGER ON RT HAND

1986 · 1 incident

November 5, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Prince Coal Corp · Fall from machine

LOADER ENGINE D3ED ON HILL. WHEN BRAKES GAVE WAY, LOADER OPERATOR JUMPED FROM MACHINE BEFORE IT WENT BACKWARD OVER A HILL.

1984 · 1 incident