Mining Incidents

Sidney A Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515376

MSHA record for Sidney A Surface (mine ID 1515376). 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
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Sidney Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sidney A Surface 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

1986 · 1 incident

January 2, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sidney Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS CAUGHT3BETWEEN ENDLOADER TIRE & BERM WHEN ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO ENDLOADER