Mining Incidents

#1 Surface: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Sand Bar Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Blair David
Bruin, Elliott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511664

MSHA record for #1 Surface (mine ID 1511664). 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
1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Sand Bar Mining Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Surface sits in Elliott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Elliott County, Kentucky · Population 7,336
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$40,074
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

1986 · 2 incidents

April 3, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPING DOWN F9OM 980 B CAT LOADER SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT LEG.

January 18, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HOOKING UP 0ERTILIZE TRAILOR TO THE BACK OF 84 CHEVY PICK UP THE TRAILOR HITCH ON THE WAGON SHIFTED WEIGHT CATCHING TWO FINGERS IN IT.