Mining Incidents

St Creek Job #3: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Stoney Fork, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510415

MSHA record for St Creek Job #3 (mine ID 1510415). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Straight Creek Mining Company 1977 to 1981
  2. Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

St Creek Job #3 sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 2, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON JAN.2, I,NAM9 STATED, THAT HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM HIS D-8 BULLDOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS WEIGHT WITH HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

1985 · 1 incident

February 5, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO MECHANICS MOUNT THE TIE ROD END AND STEERING JACK TO THE RIDE CULINDER ON A TEREX 3311-C ROCK TRUCK. THE TIRE TRUCK BOOM WHICH WAS BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE TIRE R OD AND STEERING CYLINDER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND RIDE CYLINDER. THE EMPLOYEE\S RIGHT INDEX FIGER WAS FRACTURED.

1984 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

A TEREX 85 TON ROCK TRUCK, WAS COMING UP THE RAMP OUT OF THE PIT AREA WHEN THE ROAD BROKE OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK THE ROCK TRUCK TURNED UP ON ITS SIDE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN TO BE THROWN FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CAB TO THE THER SIDE INJURING HIS BACK

March 12, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LIGHT TOWER, AS HE LIFTED SUPPORT STAND THE WELD BROKE ON THE SUPPORT HINGE ALLOWING THE SUPPORT TO FALL, MASHING THE EMPLOYEES THUMB BETWEEN THE SUPPORT AND THE F RAME OF THE LIGHT TOWER

1983 · 1 incident

December 15, 1983 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WALKING ACROSS ROCKY AREA ,TRIPPED OVER A ROCK.REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HAND STRUCK A ROCK.THUMB ON LEFT HAND WAS BROKEN.