Mining Incidents

Stillhouse Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Action Energies Inc · Underground
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515375

MSHA record for Stillhouse Mine (mine ID 1515375). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Action Energies Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stillhouse Mine 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

10 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 31, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Action Energies Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STTED THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON A ROOF BOLT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1987 · 5 incidents

November 16, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Action Energies Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP AND RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROAD AND STOVED HIS HEAD UP INTO THE CANOPY ON TOP OF SCOOP

September 1, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Action Energies Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HURTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

July 13, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Action Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BO5TING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM WHERE JACK WAS SET MASHING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEN ROCK & PINNER HEAD

April 20, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Action Energies Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS RUNNING A PINNER AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL MASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN A ROCK AND TRAM LEVER SPLITTING IT OPEN.(LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND)

January 8, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Action Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CHANGIN1 BATTERY OUT OF A SCOOP AND GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND BATTERY RESULTING IN CRUSHING IT

1986 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Action Energies Inc · Struck by falling object

EE HAD PULLED I3 PLACE SET HIS JACKS & BEGIN TO DRILL TO SET HIS BOLTS & APPARENTLY THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE ROCK TO FALL. ROCK FELL ON EES RIGHT ARM BRUISING ELBOW.

April 17, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Action Energies Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING ON THE SCOOP AND WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE SCOOP HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1985 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Action Energies Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TAILPIECE OF # 1 BELTLINE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

November 19, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Action Energies Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS WATCHING THE TAIL PIECE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HE JUMPED ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE PINNER.