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Mountainside Coal Co #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Haddix, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514240

MSHA record for Mountainside Coal Co #1 (mine ID 1514240). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Mountainside Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mountainside Coal Co #1 sits in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Breathitt County, Kentucky · Population 13,438
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$41,101
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 1, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO START A DOZER BY SPRAYING ETHER FROM AEROSOL CAN ON THE ENGINE. AFTER SPRAYING THE ENGINE, HE SET THE CAN ON THE BATTERY CAGE, AND IT EXPLODED CAUSING 1 ST AND 2 ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE AND HEAD AND BURNS TO HIS EYES.