Mining Incidents

Black Hole No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Shortridge Keaster
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515121

MSHA record for Black Hole No 4 (mine ID 1515121). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Key Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  2. Black Hole Mining Of Old Kentucky Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Hole No 4 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident