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Brenda Faye Coal Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Karst Edward W
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510198

MSHA record for Brenda Faye Coal Tipple (mine ID 1510198). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Brenda Faye Coal Sales 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Brenda Faye Coal Tipple sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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

1989 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

January 11, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Brenda Faye Coal Sales · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CONTRACT COAL HAULER HIRED TO HAUL COAL FROM THIS COAL YARD TO MT.POWELL COAL CO IN VA. I.NAME HAD TRUCK HUNG UP IN SOFT GROUND .. I.NAMEOPERATING HI-LIFT AND I.NAME TIED CHAIN TO HIS T RUCK WAS GOING TO TIE OTHER END OF CHAIN TO BUCKET.ABOUT THAT TIME,I.NAME GOING DOWN HILL IN DIRECTION OF I.NAME POSITIONED BETWEEN TRUCK AND HI-LIFT AND I.NAME REALIZED HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE