Mining Incidents

Shop Building: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Lost Creek, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515024

MSHA record for Shop Building (mine ID 1515024). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Lost Mountain Mining Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Shop Building 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

6 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

November 13, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING ON A DOZER TRACK WHEN THE SLATE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED ALLOWING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO THE GROUND CUTTING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A SHARP ROCK.

September 23, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING 1 1/2 INCH WATER HOSE HE STRUCK THE HOSE NOZZLE THROUGH THE HAND GRAB ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BOBCAT AND HELD THE NOZZLE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE BEGAN DRAGGING THE HO SE TO ITS NEW L2CATION WHEN THE REAR TIRE OF THE BOBCAT RAN OVER THE HOSE THIS JERKED THE NOZZLE THROUGH THE HAND GRAB CUTTING EMPLOYEE S THUMB.

May 13, 1986 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

MAINTAINENCE FO9EMAN WAS RETURNING TO SHOP FROM FIELD SERVICE WHEN HE MET AND WAS STRUCK BY A CONTRACT COAL TRUCK.

1985 · 3 incidents

June 13, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CLIMB A DRILL MAST WHEN A CHAIN GUARD THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF BY ANOTHER MECHANIC FELL FROM THE MAST STRIKING HIM ONTHE LEFT FOREARM.

May 30, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CHECKING PARK BRAKE ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HIS LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH A HOT TRANSMISSION HOUSING.

March 22, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TGRAINED IN WELDING WAS USING A ELECTRIC WELDING MACHINE FOR PRACTICE. A HOT PIECE OF SLAG FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE\S LEG AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP THE SLAG WENT DOWN HIS LEG AND INTO HIS BOOT.