Mining Incidents

#1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Blackrock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert D Jessee
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516420

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1516420). 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
1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Ownership history
  1. R D J Mining Inc 1988 to 1990
  2. Blackrock Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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

1992 · 2 incidents

August 4, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Blackrock Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF COAL AND THE CYLINDER WENT OUT, CAUSING THE BED TO UNLOAD QUICKLY. THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT JARRED THE EMPLOYEE. HE THEN FELT SUDDEN NECK PAIN.

June 3, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackrock Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOEYE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A CHAIN HE THEN FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK.