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Black Diamond Coal Processing Inc: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Black Diamond Coal Processing Inc · Facility
Controlled by Raschella Alfred W
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512018

Black Diamond Coal Processing Inc has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Coal Run Processing Inc 1979 to 1994
  2. Black Diamond Coal Processing Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 0
1995 3
1994 4
1992 2
1991 2
1990 3
1989 4
1988 4
1987 5
1986 6
1985 6
1984 7
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Black Diamond Coal Processing Inc sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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

1986 · 1 incident

January 20, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Coal Run Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING READY T2 DROP RAIROAD CAR HAD TO PIECE CABLE BACK CAR HOIST WAS BEING PULLED OUT OF GEAR PUT HAND UP UNDER BELT THE OPERATOR DIDNOT SEE HIM PUSHED BUTTON TO PULL CAR DOWN AND BOLT CAUG HT HIS HAND. 3

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1984 · 1 incident

November 28, 1984 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Run Processing Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STEPPED ONTO STEPS OF ENDLOADER,FOOT SLIPPED AND HIT KNEE ON STEPS OF ENDLOADER.