Mining Incidents

Belmon Division-Smith No 6 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Coalgood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512216

MSHA record for Belmon Division-Smith No 6 Mine (mine ID 1512216). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Bow Valley Coal Resources Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Belmon Division-Smith No 6 Mine 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

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident