Mining Incidents

No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

B H & B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Blevins Nancy
Mcdowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515714

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1515714). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. B H Coal Company 1986 to 1987
  2. High Point Coal Corp 1987 to 1988
  3. Rayon Mining Corp 1988 to 1988
  4. B H & B Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

May 16, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rayon Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOWN ON KNEE HAD TO MOVE ROCK TO ADJUST TAILPIECE CATCH IN BACK

April 6, 1988 KY · Coal drill helper POWERED HAULAGE
Rayon Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

RIDING SCOOP BUCKET LOW SECTION OF MINE ROOF BOLT CAUGHT EJECTOR BLADE CASUSING IT TO JERK THI INJ. EMP. RIGHT SHOULDER.