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Wild Turkey Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Martin County Coal Corp · Underground
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517470

MSHA record for Wild Turkey Mine (mine ID 1517470). 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
1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Martin County Coal Corp 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wild Turkey Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1994 · 3 incidents

August 11, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Martin County Coal Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND LEGS NEAR THE END OF THE WORKING SHIFT. SUBJECT WAS INTERVIEWED AFTER MISSING WORK AND STATED THAT HE COULD NOT PINPOINT A SINGLE EVENT THAT CA USED THE PAIN. SUBJECT SUFFERS FROM A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AND HAS HAD A T LEAST ONE OCCURRENCE REPORTED AS LOST TIME ACCIDENT.

August 8, 1994 KY · Coal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

SUBJECT WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE A SCOOP LOADED WITH A CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE. BELT DRIVE WAS BEINGRAISED WITH A WIRE CABLE ATTACHED TO TURNBUCKLESTHE HOOK OF ONE TURNBUCKLE BROKE CAUSING IT TO R ELEASE SUDDENLY. SUBJECT PLACED HIS HANDS IN A PROTECTIVE MANNER AND WAS STRUCK WITH THE TURNBUCKLE.

May 20, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURE DOUTBY THE 001-0 WORKIGN SECITON. THE FALL BEGAN APPROX 80' INBY SPAD 15320 IN THE NO. 8 ENTRY. THE FALLW AS FROM 8' TO 6' IN HEIGHT, 18' WIDE AND APPROX 80' IN LENGTH. N O EMPLOYEES OR EQUIPMENT WERE IN THE AFFECTED AT THE TIME OF THE FALL. A CONTINUATION OF THI SFALL BEGAN ON THE WEEKEND OF 5-21,22-94 APPROX 140' INBY SPAD 15321 AND 15322 ALSO AT APPROX 210'