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D-7 Mine: 16 reportable incidents Coal

Catenary Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
Benham, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512086

MSHA record for D-7 Mine (mine ID 1512086). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Benham Coal Inc 1979 to 1980
  2. Benham Coal Inc 1980 to 1989
  3. Catenary Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

D-7 Mine 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

16 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

December 16, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Benham Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING A BATTERY POWERED TRACK MOTOR BEING USED FOR A MANTRIP. AS HE WAS OPERATIN MOTOR HE SAW HIS DINNER BUCKET START TO FALL FROM MOTOR AND RAISED UP TO GET BAUCKET. HE RAISED UP HITTING TOP 4ITH HIS R SHOULDER CAUSING AN ABRASION TO THE SHOULDER AN FLEXION TO HIS NECK

1984 · 10 incidents

May 11, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Benham Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PINNING TOP INSTALLING LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 200 LBS FELL BETWEEN ROTATING HEAD ON BOLTER AND SAFETY JACKS STRIKING VICTIM ON SHOULDERS & BACK. TENDERNESS CAUSED BY THE BALL OF DRAW ROCK TO THE LUMBAR SPINE AREA, X-RAY SHOWED 25% APPROX COMPRESSION OF 1ST LUMBAR VERTEBRAL BODY ANTERIORLY

March 14, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benham Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP A D.C. WELDER TO LOAD ON A BATTERY CAR. WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK. PHYSICIANS REPORT OF DIAGNOSIS WAS A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

January 12, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Benham Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED HAD DRILED HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL & WAS STARTING TO PUT TWO PCS OF FINISHING STEEL IN HOLE WHILE HOLDING STEEL IN HIS LEFT HAND HE RE-POSITIONED ROOF BOLT MACHINE CATCHING LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TOP OF ST EEL & MINE ROOF CUT BOTTOM PORTION OF LEFT THUMB-NO FXS

1983 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1983 KY · Coal security guard, watchman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Benham Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS BUILDING A FIRE BURNING TRASH PAPER IN A TRASH BARREL AND SOMEONE HAD THROWN A SPRAY PAINT CAN IN TRASH TO BE BURNED THE CAN EXPLODED AND CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND NECK AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH HANDS