Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Skyline Coals Inc · Surface
Ermine, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512032

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 1512032). 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
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Skyline Coals Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Mine 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

December 6, 1983 KY · Coal MACHINERY
Skyline Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE SECTION OF 30IN AUGER STEEL ROLLED FROM STACK AND PINNED HYDRAULIC OPERATOR AGAINST SIDE OF AUGER MACHINE OPERATOR RECEIVED 2 CUTS ON LEFT LEG