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Huscoal No 6: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Huscoal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hughes Group Inc
Jackson, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512208

MSHA record for Huscoal No 6 (mine ID 1512208). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Huscoal Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Huscoal No 6 sits in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Breathitt County, Kentucky · Population 13,438
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$41,101
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 9, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BM600 MAC TRUCK LOADED WITH APPROX 25 TONS OF COAL WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK TRUCK TRAVELED OVER AN EMBANKMENT CRUSHING THE VICTIM THER WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL 08 10 84 AT 700 AM AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF ACCIDNET CANNOT BE DETERMINED

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

October 6, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Huscoal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF A D355A DOZER (#1018) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK AND HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, TURNING HIS ANKLE.

1985 · 1 incident

March 19, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DUMPING LOAD & HAD COMPLETED DUMPING WHEN HOLLOW FILL BROKE OFF OVERTURNING TRUCK.