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No 5: 2 reportable incidents Coal

J & H Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Hawkins Edd
Draffin, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515091

No 5 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. J & H Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1989 7 34,002
1988 8 37,481
1987 10 47,750
1986 9 46,764
1985 6 19,141
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 5 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 19, 1989 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
J & H Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER ON 6 X 6 PLATE REMOVING IT FROM TOP OF ROOF BOLTER

1987 · 1 incident

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
J & H Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS DRIL5ING COAL WITH HAND HELD HYDRAULIC COAL DRILL THE DRILL STARTED TURNING AND THE HANDLE HIT HIM ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS RT HAND REUSLTING IN A BROKEN HAND