Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
HE STATED THAT 2E WAS HELPING REMOVE ROCK OFF MINER, AND WAS PULLING ON A TIMBER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT AND HE FELL BACKWARDS, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT.
No 6 Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Jimmy Blanton
Coldiron,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511951
MSHA record for No 6 Mine (mine ID 1511951). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Dec 1987
Ownership history
- Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 6 Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
6 on file1987 · 2 incidents
October 20, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME OPER BOL7 MACHINE SPOT BOLTING OUTBY PLACES.PUSHING UP ON ROOFBOLT WITH TORQUE WRENCH AND IT SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS NOSE.DIDNT THINK HE WAS HURT.ON 10-30 EXPERIENCED DIFFICULY IN BREAT HING-WENT TO DR3FOUND HIS NOSE WAS BROKEN.
1985 · 1 incident
September 23, 1985
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME STATED AT END OF WORK SHIFT THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE TO SEE A DR HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW HOW HE HURT HIS BACK
1984 · 1 incident
January 5, 1984
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
JERRY COTTETT WAS HELPING JOHN SMITH THE SECTION FOREMAN REMOVE PIECE ROCK OFF BELT LINE ABOUT 930 AM AND ABOUT 1000AM COLLETT ALLEGED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE PULLED M USCLE IN HIS BACK
1983 · 2 incidents
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
BACKING OUT OF PILLAR WHEN ROCK FELL ON HEAD OF CM WEIGHT OF ROCK PUSHED CANOPY AGAINST TOP ,EMPL HEAD AND BACK OF NECK AND SHOULDERS THROWN ATAINST TOP OF CANOPY.
June 28, 1983
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
MAN WAS RIDING BELT AND RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND HIT CROSS OVER.