Mining Incidents

Be-Be Coal Preparation Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Mac Inc · Facility
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Harold, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508172

MSHA record for Be-Be Coal Preparation Plant (mine ID 1508172). 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
1987–1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Bebe Coal Corp 1975 to 1978
  2. Bebe Coal Corp 1978 to 1983
  3. Bebe Coal Corp 1983 to 1987
  4. Bebe Coal Corp 1987 to 1989
  5. Coal Mac Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Be-Be Coal Preparation Plant sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1991 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Mac Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD JUST COMPLETED USING SOME CUTTING TORCHES. AS HE WAS CARRYING A FIRE EXINGHISER TO RETURN IT HE TRIPPED AND FELL ALLEGING INJURY TO KNEE AND BACK EE CONTINUED TO WORK COMPLETED THE SHIF T ON 8-1-91 KNEE WAS SWELLING AND COULD NOT WORK

June 12, 1991 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Mac Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WELDING SOME METAL TO AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF HEAVY METAL AND ALLEDGES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. IT WAS FIRST THOUGHT THAT HE HAD A HO LE IN HIS STOMACH OR A GALL BLADDER PROBLEM, BUT AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF TESTING THE DR. SAYS THAT THE MUSCLES AREA PULLED APART IN STOMACH AREA. THAT IS WHY THE DELAY IN COMPLEATING THIS FORM.

1987 · 1 incident

December 1, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bebe Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CLIMBING DOWN FROM AN END LOADER LEAVING HIS SHIFT. AS HE CLIMBED DOWN HE STATED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN UPPER INNER THIGH ON LEFT LEG. THE NEXT MORNING HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED. CALLIN1 AND REPORTING THIS TO HIS FOREMAN.