Mining Incidents

No 35: 1 reportable incident Coal

Arch Of Kentucky · Underground
Controlled by Ashland Inc
Lynch, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1502540

MSHA record for No 35 (mine ID 1502540). 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
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. Arch Of Kentucky 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 35 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 6, 1989 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arch Of Kentucky · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRIMMING EXCESS MATERIAL FROM A 3 MIL MY LAR MAP WITH A SINGLE EDGE RAZOR BLADE INJURED S LEFT RING FINGER WAS APPARENTLY IN THE PATH OF THE BLADE RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF APPROX . 1/16 INCH OF THE TIP OF THE RING FINGER.