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

Harlan No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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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.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1984 19 99,409
1983 31 258,493
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.