Mining Incidents

Harlan No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Harlan-Bell Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Lemar Reece
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512825

MSHA record for Harlan No 1 Mine (mine ID 1512825). 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
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Harlan-Bell Coal Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harlan No 1 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 1, 1984 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Harlan-Bell Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING 265LEE NORSE MINER CUTTING COAL HIT OLD WORKS. FROM ANOTHER SECTION WHEN HIT OLD WORKS, WATER STARTED COMING IN ON THEN ALL EMPLOYEES LEFT FACE AREA.