Mining Incidents

No 1: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Four-B Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bailey Toby & Teddy
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516123

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516123). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Lee W Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1991
  2. Four-B Inc 1991 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
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

8 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

October 8, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Four-B Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIR ON 16RBJOY CUTTING MACHINE MACHINE WAS BEING REASEMBLED & BAR NEEDED TO BE MOVED A FEW INCHES TWO HYDRAULIC HOSES HAD BEEN ACCIDENTLY REVERED & BAR MOVED IN REVERS E DIRECTION THAN INTENDED EMPLOYEE HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME OF MACHINE & HYDRAULIC JACK

September 14, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Four-B Inc · Fall from machine

I WAS USING 950 CAT END LOADER ON HAUL ROAD. BRAKES FAILED ON STEEP GRADE. LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE. JUMPED OUT OF LOADER, INJURED ANKLE.

August 23, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Four-B Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED REPORTED TO ME ON 08-29-91 THAT WHEN HE LIFTED A PICE OF METAL OFF GROUND HE HRT HIS BACK.THIS OCCURRED ON 08-23-91.

May 31, 1991 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Four-B Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WENT TO EXPLOSIVES MAGZINE TO GET DETIONATORS. WHEN HE REACHED INTO MAGZINE WITH HAND A COPPERHEAD (SNAKE) BIT HIM ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

1990 · 1 incident

December 21, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MINER WAS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR. HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO HELP LOADER OPERATOR BAR-DOWN SOME CAP COAL THAT WAS HANGING FROM RIB. WHEN THE CAP COAL WAS BARRED DOWN A P IECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK MINER ON THE HIP.

1988 · 1 incident

January 5, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME USING LI0TING JACK JACKING UP FEEDER.LIFTING JACK HANDLE SLIPPED AND I.NAME HAND WENT DOWN AGAINST BOTTOM BREAKING LEFT RING FINGER.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A MINE BELT USING A ROPE COME-A-LONG AS HE WAS PULLING HANDLE ON THE COME-A-LONG TO PULL THE BELT TOGETHER T HE HANDLE SLIPPED & CAME BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT.HAN D CAUSING THE I3JURY

September 3, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS STAN8ING APPROX 15 FT FROM ANOTHER EMOP WHO WAS HAMMERING A BIT OUT OF A CUTTING MACHINE CUTTER BAR. THE HAMMER SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CHIPPED HAMMER WENT INTO I NAMES LEFT LEG 4UST BELOW THE KNEE