Lesterfield Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
TROUBLE SHOOTING 480 VAC CABLE WHILE ENERGIZED. METER LEAD PULLED OUT OF METER STRIKING GARY ON HAND WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.
No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
Crystal Energy Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Duffield William
Totz,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512982
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1512982). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- Dec 1996
Ownership history
- Sam Bass Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
- Lesterfield Coal Company 1982 to 1983
- Scott Keith Energy Company 1983 to 1984
- W J D Coal Company 1984 to 1984
- B & F Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
- Shauna-Darease Coal Inc 1985 to 1993
- Mt Top Inc 1993 to 1995
- Crystal Energy Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)1996 · 1 incident
December 6, 1996
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Crystal Energy Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN TORK WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK EMP IN NOSE. EMP DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 12-17-96.
1995 · 1 incident
Crystal Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #42 CROSSCUT #3 BELT ENTRY AND EVENTUALLY FELL TO THE #4 INTAKE ENTRY. ROOF FALL OCCURRED DURING OFF SHIFT.
1994 · 4 incidents
Mt Top Inc · Fall onto or against objects
SLIP AND FAIL AGAINST TAILPIECE THIS ACCDIENT NOT REPORTED THE FORMAN ON CONVYOR ELSE TIL 7-6-94.
May 25, 1994
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mt Top Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS REPAIRING CONVEYER CHAIN ON 101 JEFFREY MINER. WHILE PULLING ON CONVERYOR CHAIN HE APPERENLY STRAIN UPPER PART OF BACK.
February 3, 1994
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mt Top Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE STATED HE STUMBLED & FELL HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE ON ROCK
Mt Top Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
PNEUMOCONIOSIS