Mining Incidents

S & B #3 Coal

S & B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Harold K Simpson
Pineville, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514930

MSHA record for S & B #3 (mine ID 1514930). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
May 1986

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 31, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Carolina Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS SCRAPING LOOSE COAL FROM THE MINE FLOOR AT THE WORKING FACE INBY PERMANET ROOF SUPPORT WHEN ROOF FELL RESULTING IN DEATH

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1986 · 2 incidents

May 12, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING 4OVE ROCK WITH SCOOP & PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON CHEST.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1984 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Carolina Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS SCRAPING AND BOSSING. LOOSE COAL WAS BRING REMOBED FROM THE FACE AREA INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT WHEN ROOF FELL RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY.

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The full compliance file on S & B #3

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.