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#4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

S & L Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jerry Hodge
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1504338

MSHA record for #4 (mine ID 1504338). 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
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Eastover Mining Company 1950 to 1983
  2. Manalapan Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1995
  3. S & L Coal Company Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 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

1983 · 3 incidents

February 14, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eastover Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A CRICKET WAITING FOR A SWITCH TO BE THROWN & RAILRUNNER CAME AND STRUCK CRICKET IN REAR-END THROWING ROY INTO TOP.

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastover Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK AND FELT AN STRAIN IN HIS STOMACH

January 13, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastover Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF TOP AND HAD HIS HAND ON HEAD OF BOLTER WHEN STEEL CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK HIS FINGER