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No 5: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Sterling Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ball Ralph
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514587

MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1514587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Sterling Energy Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1988 · 6 incidents

July 1, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sterling Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLEANING UP BELT LINE LIFT SHOVEL AND SPRAIN MUSCLE IN RT SHOULDER

June 6, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SHOVELING BELT OUTSIDE WAS DOWN ON KNEE KNEE LOCKED OR FLEW OUT OF JOINT

March 7, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED

February 9, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sterling Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LOADING ROC5 DUST AND STRAINED BACK.

1987 · 3 incidents

November 9, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sterling Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ROCK DUSTIN1 AROUND HEADDRIVE PICK UP BAG ROCK DUST & SLIP

August 17, 1987 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SAWING 7IMBER SAW JUMPED AND CUT LEFT POINTER FINGER

April 24, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sterling Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THROWING HEADER3AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN TOW HEADER. RT HAND SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON END OF FINGER

1986 · 2 incidents

June 12, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sterling Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGERS MASHED 6ETWEEN ROCK AND ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE ROCK OFF BELT CONVEYOR

March 21, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BEARING3ON LOW-LOW STRUCTURE, AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BEARING AND PRY BAR