Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Premier Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Duncan James E
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515686

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1515686). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Twr Inc 1986 to 1986
  2. Shauna-Darease Coal Inc 1986 to 1987
  3. L A R Mining Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  4. Raggs Mining Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  5. Premier Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 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

4 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

September 16, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
L A R Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CR2SSING A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. AS EMPLOYEE CROSSED THE BELT, HE GOT CAUGHT IN BELT AND WAS THROWN INTO A TIMBER, STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.

February 9, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING THE BOOM CHAIN THROUGH THE MINER WITH THE MINER ROPE THE ROPE DOG BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACIAL AREA NEAR THE EYE

January 14, 1987 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Shauna-Darease Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING A JACK ON A WILCOX SECTION HE HAD SOUNDED TOP AND SET SAFETY TIMBER WHEN HE SET HIS JACK AND STARTED TO MOVE AWAY THE MINER OPERATOR TIGHTENED ROPE CAUSING JACK TO SLIP AN D DISLODGED A P3ECE OF ROCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LOWER BACK AND HIP