Mining Incidents

Spurlock Mine No 5: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Printer, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517887

MSHA record for Spurlock Mine No 5 (mine ID 1517887). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Feb 1999
Ownership history
  1. Locust Grove Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Spurlock Mine No 5 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

February 25, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall from machine

MUD ON BUMPER OF ROCK TRUCK.

January 22, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A ROCK TRUCK, HE WAS LIFTING AN ABLE AND PLANETARY WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

1998 · 2 incidents

June 26, 1998 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HOISTING AND HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE WHILE HIS FELLOW EE TACKED IT IN PLACE. THE PIECE OF METAL SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS LEGS AND FEET. NO BONES WERE BROKEN, HOW EVER HE WILL PROBABLY MISS 2 OR 3 DAYS WORK DUE TO SORENESS.

April 7, 1998 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING BLAST HOLES WITH BUCKETS OF ANFO. THE BENCH BLAST AREA WAS NOT ACCESS IBLE BY TRUCK.