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Mine No 9: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lee W Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Shelby L Wilson
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516684

MSHA record for Mine No 9 (mine ID 1516684). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Lee W Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 9 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

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MINER WAS THE HELPER ON ROOF BOLTER HE WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING JACKS WHEN LOOSE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE JACKS BRUISING HIS R LEG THE INJURED MINER CAME BACK TO WORK ON THE NEXT SCH EDULED WORK SHIFT THE FOLLOWING DAY

November 7, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MINER WAS ROOF BOLT OPERATOR HE WAS BOLTING A PLACE WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND JACKS STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON HIS BACK THE EMPL HAS NO SERIOUS INJURIES