Mining Incidents

Wellmore No 18 Crescent Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by United Company
Phyllis, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503779

MSHA record for Wellmore No 18 Crescent Plant (mine ID 1503779). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Crescent Coal Company 1950 to 1977
  2. Crescent Industries Inc 1977 to 1981
  3. Wellmore Coal Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wellmore No 18 Crescent Plant 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

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

June 22, 1990 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

CUTTING BOLT STRUCTURE ONE SECTION FAIL INTO LEGS OF STRUCTOR THAT THE MAN WAS STANDING ON AIR BOTTLES SLED DOWN WALK WAY HITTING MANS LEG. THE BOTTLE WAS TIED. THE MAN HAD SAFETY BOLT ON AND HOOKED.

June 19, 1990 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

BEAM FAIL ABOUT 6 OR 7 FOOT HIT HIM ON SIDE AND LEG THE CAUSE OF BEAM TO FALL IS BAD OR BROKEN WELD. COULD NOT FIND NO INJUYR BUT BRUISED UP.

June 19, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

BEAM FAIL ABOUT 6 OR 7 FOOT HIT ARM & IT TOOK ABOUT 50 OR 60 STITCHES. THE CAUSE OF BEAM TO FALL IS BAD WELDING.