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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514569

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1514569). 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
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Coalburg Enterprises Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1986 · 1 incident

August 6, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Flash burns (electric)

I.NAME WAS CHEC5ING THE FUSES IN A 30 AMP 440 VOLT DISCONNECT BOX. THE BOLT THAT FASTEWNS THE GROUNDING LUG TO THE DISCONNECT BOX CAME OUT & ALLOWED THE GROUND WIRE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ONE T OF THE 440 5OLT PHASES. THE GROUND WIRE BLEW UP & BURNED THE VICTIMS HANDS.