Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Abm Coal Company Inc · Underground
Mary Alice, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517493

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 1517493). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Triple C Coal Inc 1994 to 1994
  2. Abm Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Mine 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

4 on file

1994 · 4 incidents

August 3, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple C Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS MOVING A TORCH TANK & CUT HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF JAGGED METAL

July 30, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Triple C Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE BOLT MACHINE & THE ROOF OF THE MINES MASHING HIS HAND

June 21, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Triple C Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS WORKING ON A BELT UP AND HIT HIS KNEE ON A PIECE OF STRUCTURE INJURING THE KNEE.

May 30, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Triple C Coal Inc · Rubbed or abraded

SUBJECT WAS WORKING ON A BOLT MACHINE WHILE ON TOP OF IT ON HIS KNEES PART OF THE METAL LID WHICH HIS KNEE WAS ON PUSHING UNDER HIS KNEE CAPBRUISED HIS TENDONS & LIGAMENTS IN HIS KNEE.