Mining Incidents

Big Energy Coal #6 Coal

Big Energy Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Skeens Stanley
Vancleve, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517157

MSHA record for Big Energy Coal #6 (mine ID 1517157). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Hess Brothers Mining Inc 1991 to 1992
  2. Strong Fork Mining Inc 1992 to 1992
  3. Big Energy Coal Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Energy Coal #6 sits in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Breathitt County, Kentucky · Population 13,438
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$41,101
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.