Mining Incidents

Mine No 4: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Bare Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Turner Fran E
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516461

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 1516461). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Bare Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 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

4 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

February 16, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bare Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

I,NAME CALLED FROM LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR BECAUSE HIS KNEE HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM FOR YEARS. HE SAID THAT THE DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HIS KNEE OPER ATED ON.

February 14, 1989 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bare Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO FACE AREA OF MINE IN AN S&S 484 SCOOP BUCKET AND STATED HE WAS INJURED WHEN THE SCOOP RAN OVER A ROUGH AREA ON THE MINE FLOOR.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1988 KY · Coal ELECTRICAL
Bare Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

ELECTRICIAN WAS PUSHING CABLE THRU CONDUIT INTO POWER CENTER WHERE BREAKERS HAD 440 POWER ON THEM ELECTRICIAN ASKED I NAME TO PULL END OF CABLE AND KEEP IT FROM TOUCHING BREAKERS WHICH HAD POW ER ON THEM CABLE TOUCHED TOP OF BREAKER CAUSING A FLASH OF FINE WHICH RESULTED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.

October 1, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bare Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

END OF CHAINWHICK STRUCK RIGHT LEG ON SHIN. HAD X-RAY. BRUISED NEXT TO BONE.