Mining Incidents

T Davis Coal Co Inc #3: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Davis Ted
Argo, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513326

MSHA record for T Davis Coal Co Inc #3 (mine ID 1513326). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Kelsa Corp 1982 to 1986
  2. T Davis Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

T Davis Coal Co Inc #3 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

6 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 3, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
T Davis Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATORS HAUL 6NIT ROLLED BACK ON GRADE; LEFT REAR WHEELS RUN UP ON BANK OVERTURNING VEHICLE. OPERATOR SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT COMPLAINED OF BACK INJURY.

1985 · 2 incidents

February 20, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kelsa Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAD BACKED HAULER INTO PIT WHERE LOADER WAS LOADING HAULERS. AFTER LOADER HAD PUT 2 DIPPERS ON HAULER, A LARGE BOULDER BROKE LOSE FROM HIGHWALL FALLING ON RIGHT REAR CORNER OF BED.

February 4, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kelsa Corp · Fall from machine

EMP PARKED DOZER FOR FUELING AND WHILE DISMOUNTING IT SLIPPED ON TRACK AND FELL TO GROUND. WHEN HE FELL HE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HIT THE G ROUND BY TWISTING OR STRETCHING OF BACK WHEN HE FELL

1983 · 3 incidents

August 23, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Kelsa Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP DRIVING SERVICE TRUCK UP STEEP GRADE TO DRILL LOCATION UNIVERSAL JOINT IN DRIVE LINE BROKE FREEING DRIVESHAFT TO FLOP UNCONTROLLED UNDER TRUCK BREAKING BRAKE LINE. WITH BROKEN DRIVE LINE A ND NO BRAKES TRUCK WAS FREE TO ROLL BACKWARDS OFF OF HILL. TRUCK ROLLED OVER AT BOTTOM OF HILL THROWING DRIVER AROUND INSIDE CAB CAUSING SLIGHT BRUISES ON NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER

July 12, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kelsa Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN FUELING LOADER AS HE DISMOUNTED MOUNTING LADDER HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIND TO HIS RT ANKLE

July 5, 1983 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kelsa Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ASSISTING WITH FUELING DRILL AS PICKUP TRUCK HAULING FUEL BARREL WAS COMING TO STOP EMP LAYED HIS LEFT HAND ON FUEL BARREL AND AS HE DID THE BARREL ROLLED CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BE BETWEEN THE BARREL AND TOOL BOX ON PICKUP