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No 5: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Bobby Joe Hensley
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515704

No 5 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Day Branch Coal Company Inc 1986 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)
1990 9 31,979
1989 11 60,338
1988 10 49,275
1987 10 43,429
1986 9 9,799
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 5 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

1988 · 1 incident

June 21, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Day Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME THROWING ROCK DUST INTO BELT HEAD ONTO ROLLERS.A STRING HANGING FROM BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIS ARM AND IT WAS PULLED AGAINST BEARING ON BELT HEAD.