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Suthards Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Tdc Inc · Surface
Controlled by Green David F
Earlington, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514898

MSHA record for Suthards Mine (mine ID 1514898). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Tdc Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Suthards Mine sits in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Hopkins County, Kentucky · Population 45,143
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,610
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

December 30, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tdc Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING 8OWN GRADER BY HOLDING ONTO HANDLES AND DESCENDING DOWN THE STEPS, EMPLOYEE S RING CAUGHT ONTO A LATCH AND PULLED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER OFF. THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY AFTER THE RIN G BECAME CAUGHT3ON THE LATCH CAUSED THE RINGER TO STRETCH UNTIL IT WAS SEVERED.

1986 · 1 incident

July 22, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tdc Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNLOADING3BOTTLE OF ACETYLENE FROM TRUCK BED,HAD RIGHT HAND HOLDING TOP OF BOTTLE BOTTLE SLID OFF END OF TRUCK BED CATCHING LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TOP OF BOTTLE AND METAL PI ECE ON BED OF T9UCK,CRUSHING AND CUTTING LITTLE FINGER FROM TIP OF FINGER TO 2ND JOINT.