Mining Incidents

Old House Mining #1 Coal

Controlled by Robin Lewis
Bledsoe, Harlan County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519900

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2023–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
72
citations
11
significant & substantial
$26,638
proposed penalties
$23,978
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 10,465 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,921 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,883 3 0 337.7
2025 Q1 6,921 4 1 578.0
2024 Q4 10,185 4 1 392.7
2024 Q3 8,409 5 1 594.6
2024 Q2 9,340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,093 9 1 1477.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 20, 2026 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old House Mining. LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was checking fluid level in D8R bulldozer. They started to dismount the dozer and fell approximately 3 feet from the blade arm. Thought to have broken knee or below knee.

2023 · 1 incident

July 24, 2023 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Old House Mining. LLC · Struck against a moving object

Dozer was carrying material over sloped embankment when lost material fell over embankment landing about 10ft to dead stop throwing operator into the right door class head first.