Mining Incidents

Truck Garage: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Stone Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Stone, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515441

MSHA record for Truck Garage (mine ID 1515441). 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
1986–1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Eastern Coal Corp 1985 to 1993
  2. Stone Mining Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Truck Garage 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

1993 · 2 incidents

March 8, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG

March 8, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG

March 7, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Eastern Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG.

1989 · 2 incidents

March 6, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS CHANGING TIRE ON MACK TRUCK AND AS HE LIFTED TIRE HE STRAINED HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PUSH A RAISE THE TIRE.

January 23, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INJ WORKING ON BELL HOUSING OF TRUCK WHEN DIRT FELL FROM EXHAUST PIPE AND STRUCK HIM IN EYE.INITIAL TREATMENT SOUGHT 2-2-89.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Eastern Coal Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DRIVER WAS LEAV3NG PEG'S BRANCH MINE WHEN A BEE ENTERED TRUCK & STUNG HIM.HE IS ALLERGER TO STINGS.

February 24, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING DRIVE LONE,LAYING ON BACK WITH ARMS COMPLETELY EXTENDED.HAD TO RAISE UP USING BACK TO GET DRIVE LINE IN PLACE CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

July 18, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OUT OF TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK.