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Mine #3: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Bare Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Turner Fran E
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516366

Mine #3 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. C & B Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  2. Bare Mining Inc 1988 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)
1988 11 37,646
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine #3 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

November 9, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bare Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT SECTION BELT TAILPIECE.AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP FROM KNEELING POSITION,STRUCK HEAD ON MINE ROOF FORCING NECK TO ONE SIDE.BLOW RESULTED IN NECK SORENESS -INABILITT Y TO TURN HEAD TO LEFT.

October 5, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bare Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP INJ RING FINGER OF R. HAND WHILE CHECKING OIL IN PERS. VEHICLE THE INJ OCC WHEN EMP FINGERTIP WAS CAUGHT BY FALLING HOOD A(D RESULTED IN BROKEN FINERTIP AND LOSS OF NAIL.

October 4, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bare Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER IN 38 INCH COAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WALK IN A SQUATTING POSITION HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE THE RESULTING INJURY CONSISTED OF SORENESS AND STIFFNESS OF THE KNEE JOINT REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.