Mining Incidents

Bluehead Coal Co: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Tim Doug Johnson
Belcher, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512705

MSHA record for Bluehead Coal Co (mine ID 1512705). 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
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. Advance Fuel Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bluehead Coal Co 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

1983 · 1 incident

May 18, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Advance Fuel Company · Fall from machine

TRUCK WAS BACKING UP TO FILL DUMP AND BRAKES FAILED DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND WAS BRUIED FRONT END OF TRUCK WAS DAMAGED AND CAB WAS DESTROYED