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Huscoal Inc No 7: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Huscoal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hughes Group Inc
Manton, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515077

MSHA record for Huscoal Inc No 7 (mine ID 1515077). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Huscoal Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Huscoal Inc No 7 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 20, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Huscoal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE VICTIM WAS 3N THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING OFF THE LEFT SIDE C-FRAME OF A PARKED DOZER. AT THE SAME TIME, I NAME , DOZER OPERATOR, WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE DOZER. THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ON THE LE FT SIDE TRACKS 4HENT HE DOZER TRAVELED BACKWARD RESULTING IN THE VICTIM BEING THROWN OFF AND RUN OVER. THE DOZER TRAVELED BACKWARD FOR A DISTANCE OF 150 FT AT WHICH TIME IT STALLED ON A SLIDE