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No 6 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

C & R Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Salmons Carlos
Hardy, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515942

MSHA record for No 6 Mine (mine ID 1515942). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Charity Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  2. C & R Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 6 Mine 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

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

January 26, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator ELECTRICAL
C & R Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

CUTTER OPERATOR PARKED MACHINE IN NO. 5 ENTRY AND WAS ATTREMPTING TO PULL SOME SLACK OFF THE REEL WHEN THE CABLE FIRED IN HIS HANDS.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Charity Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER ROLLED NEXT TO RIB, WHEN OPERATOR STARTED ROOF BOLTER IT JUMPED INTO RIB HITTING OPERATOR,S ARM (SOMETHING IN DECK MUST HAD GOT AGAINST TRAM LEVERS).

June 3, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Charity Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME & HIS HELPER WERE H ELPING TO MAKE A BELT MOVE I.NAME WENT TO GET A BELT ROLLER & WHEN HE PICKED IT UP HE DEVELOPED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK