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No 16: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by James Garrison
Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508793

MSHA record for No 16 (mine ID 1508793). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Hardly Able Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 16 sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
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

1985 · 1 incident

July 10, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING STEERING CYLINDER FOR FRONT-END LOADER USING 55 TOMN A FRONT-END LOAD USING A 55 TON PRESS STEERING CYLINDER BROKE & PC OF CYLINDER FLEW FROM PRESS STRIKING EMPLOYE ON FOREHEAD KNOCKING HIM TO FLOOR EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATION ON FOREHEAD & BRUISES TO LEFT CHECKBONE & EYE

1984 · 1 incident

September 19, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS INSTALLING A SPRING ON TOOL TRUCK THE SPRING SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGETR BETWEEN SPRING AND SPRING BANGER WHEN HE PULLED HIS FINGER FREE IT PULLED THE SKIN AND MEAT FROM HIS FINGER

1983 · 1 incident

December 15, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hardly Able Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING ROCK DUMPED BY TRUCKS ALONG TOP PORTION OF ROUGH GRADED A0CSLOPES LOWER TRACK OF DOZER BROKE OVER OUTER PORTION OF SLOPE CAUSING DOZER TO ROLL OVER & DOWN ROUGH GRADED OUT SLOPE AFTER SEVERAL APPARENT ROLL OVERS OPERATOR WAS THROWN CLEAR OF DOZER DURING ROLL-OVER OR WHEN THROWN CLEAR OPERATOR SUFFERED MASSIVE LACERATIONS & LESIONS TO FOREHEAD