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Barbourville Prep Plant: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Richland Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Lee Congleton
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504565

MSHA record for Barbourville Prep Plant (mine ID 1504565). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Richland Coal Company 1950 to 1985
  2. Richland Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Barbourville Prep Plant sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 12, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE EXITED HIS TRUCK & APPREACHED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVER HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE SIDE STEP OF THE TRUCK & PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BED FRAME TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO DRIVING SIDE WINDOW WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP TOTOP OF HI-HEAD STUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROW FRAME

1991 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1991 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Richland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING CO-WORKER(WELDER) SUPPORTING A PIECE OF SHEET METAL WHEN WELDER HIT THE SHEET METAL WITH A HAMMER CAUSING RUST & DUST TO FALL IN INJUREDS LEFT EYE

March 7, 1991 KY · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Richland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHARPENING A BUSH AXE WHEN FILE SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO LACERATE MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND INJURY REQUIRED 4 STICHES.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT PICKING TABLE WHEN COAL DUST APPRENTLY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 3, 1989 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING RAILROAD SWITCH LIFTING PLATE WHEN HE SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER RT THE FIRST JOINT

1988 · 1 incident

March 15, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Richland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

NAM WAS RE INSERTING WINDOW IN DOOR BETWEEN PARTS TRAILER AND SHOP, HAND SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH GLASS WINDOW..

1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Richland Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SUSPECTED PNEUM2CONIOSIS.

1986 · 1 incident

June 2, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Richland Coal Company · Fall from ladders

DROPPING RAIL C5RS THROUGH SWITCH WHEN BRAKE FAILED CAUSING CAR TO SLAM INTO OTHER CARS MAKING HIM LOSE BALANCE AND FALL DOWN LADDER.