Mining Incidents

No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Bare Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Turner Fran E
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516310

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1516310). 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
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. C & B Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  2. Bare Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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

June 8, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
Bare Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NATURAL CAUSES MAN DIC OF A HEART ATTACK FOR CORNER REPORT.

May 22, 1988 KY · Coal cutting machine helper, undercutter operator helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

STEPPED ON ROOF BOLT WITH PLATE ON BOLT. ROOF BOLT FLEW UP AND STRUCK ELBOW. HE FINISHED SHIFT OUT AND STOPPED ON THE WAY HOME AND HAD AN X-RAY. RESULT WAS THAT ARM WAS BRUISED IN ELBOW ARE EA.

May 10, 1988 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor ELECTRICAL
C & B Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

FREAK ACCIDENT WHILE OBSERVING BREAKER (440 VOLTS) THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC FLASH AND BURNED THE VICTIMS EYE.