Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 4: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Ridgeway Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by United Company
Kimper, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513303

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 4 (mine ID 1513303). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Ridgeway Coal Inc 1981 to 1986
  2. Ridgeway Coals Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine No 4 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

5 on file

1986 · 4 incidents

November 26, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GR9ASING DOZER, HE SLIPPED FROM DOZER PUSH ARM, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE GROUND.

June 6, 1986 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS INSP9CTING BROKEN DRIVE LINE ON POWDER TK IT HAD THROWN A U-JOINT & WAS ON A HILL TRUCK HAD FOULED AGAINST BOOSTER BRAKE CHAMBER WHEN I.NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSPECTED THE T K TO SEE WHAT WAS WR2NG WITH IT I.NAME MOVED THE DRIVE LINE & THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BRUSHING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & RUNNING OVER LEFT LEG

April 9, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE HIT HIS FORE2EAD ON MIRROR CAUSING PAIN TO BACK OF NECK & HURTING BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

April 3, 1986 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Ridgeway Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STEAM CL9ANING A 98C LOADER WHEN CLEANING WAND HIT HIM WITH HOT STEAM & WATER STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG

1984 · 1 incident

February 17, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ridgeway Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING TREES IN HOLLOW FILL CHAIN SAW KICKED OUT OF TREE HITTING HIM IN THE INSIDE PART OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.