Mining Incidents

Mine #15: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Calvary Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Charles Collins
Beverly, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517354

MSHA record for Mine #15 (mine ID 1517354). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Ownership history
  1. Calvary Coal Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #15 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1995 · 4 incidents

December 26, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL LOCATION: 5TH CROSSCUT INBY PORTAL IN #4 ENTRY. TIME: BETWEEN 9 PM ON 12-23-95 AND 6 AM ON 12-26-95. DIMENSION: 5FT TO 6 FT THICK, 17FT WIDE AND 60 FT LONG. CAUSE: SLIP IN ROOF STRAT A. ACTION: TIMBERED AND CRIBBED UP ( DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP)

July 10, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT SET UP & HAD HIS FOOT UNDER THE EDGE OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR LOWERED BUCKET CATCHING HIS FOOT

May 8, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 0" TO 3" THICK, 2' W & 3' L FELL BETWEEN ROOK BOLTS HITTING EE ON RIGHT SIDE & BACK.

February 20, 1995 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO MOVE MINER CABLE WHEN MINER OPERATOR STARTED TRAMMING MINER INTO LEFT CROSSCUT. TAIL OF MINER HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE.

1994 · 4 incidents

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PRESHIFTING BELTLINE (BELTLINE WAS NOT RUNNING) ASHEWAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS OVER BELT HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE

June 17, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calvary Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A METAL BAND ON A PALLETT OF CRIB BLOCKS AND WHEN THE BAND BROKE THE END HIT EE IN RIGHT EYE.