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#1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Wallins Creek Mining Inc · Underground
Wallins, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517139

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1517139). 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
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Wallins Creek Mining Inc 1991 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

3 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

August 13, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Wallins Creek Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT HAND ON BOLTING MACHINE. SUTURES REQUIRED.

August 11, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wallins Creek Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE SHUTTLE CAR. MASHED TIP OF LEFT FINGER (RING). TIP OF LEFT RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED.

June 5, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wallins Creek Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND ON A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL TWISTING HIS HAND AND BREAKING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND LEFT WRIST.