Mining Incidents

No 6-A Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Big Hill Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Curtis Francis
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514432

MSHA record for No 6-A Mine (mine ID 1514432). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. Big Hill Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 6-A Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1987 · 6 incidents

April 18, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Hill Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME AND OTHE9 EMPLOYEE WERE MAKING A BELT SPLICE ON SAMLL STACKING OUTSIDE. WHILE RELEASING RED DEVILS (AFTER SPLICE WAS MADE) I,NAME'S ARM WAS CAUGHT AND BROKE.

March 6, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Hill Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LARGE PIECE OF 9OCK HAD FELL ON COAL DRILL AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK IN HELPING TO REMOVE THIS

March 5, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hill Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL INJURING HIS BACK

March 4, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Hill Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO PUSH ON SHUTTLE CAR THAT HAD GOT STUCKUP. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR

February 18, 1987 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hill Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVIN1 A PIECE OF ROCK THAT HAD GOT CAUGHT IN BELT WHEN HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER

January 2, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Big Hill Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

SLAG FROM WELDI3G WENT UNDER HOOK AND STROOK EYE LEFT.

1986 · 2 incidents