Mining Incidents

Black Bullett: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Embry Royce
Dunbar, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512609

MSHA record for Black Bullett (mine ID 1512609). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Dunbar Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1983
  2. Dunbar Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Bullett sits in Butler County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Butler County, Kentucky · Population 12,373
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,003
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 6, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING BOX 40# STAINED LIGAMENTS IN LOWER BACK AT WAIST

1985 · 3 incidents

October 7, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

SERVICING EQUIPMENT FELL OFF DOZER TRACKS HURTING NECK AND BACK STRAINED

October 4, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVING BACK DUMP - WAS UNLOADING DIRT - MOTOR QUIT- OPERATOR JUMPED - TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN HILL - AS OPERATOR JUMPED HE HIT A ROCK AND BROKE FOOT.

March 11, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING GLASS IN LOADER HOLDING CARDBOARD PATTERN AND WAS CUT WITH BOX KNIFE.

1984 · 1 incident

December 4, 1984 KY · Coal coal strip operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

I NAME FINISHED LUNCH HE WAS THE BACK OF TRUCK RAIN AND SNOW STARTED. HE CLIMBED DOWN USING FIAT 945 LOADER. THE STEPS WERE ALREADY ICY HE SHIPPED HELD ON WITH ARM, SWUNG AROUND, HIT THE EQUIP MENT FELL.