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No 6 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Ruth David L
Inez, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509595

MSHA record for No 6 Surface (mine ID 1509595). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Boyd County Coal Co 1976 to 1978
  2. Ruth Contracting Corp 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 6 Surface 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 4, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ruth Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS OPERATING DOZER HE HAD STOPPED THE DOZER AND WAS DISMOUNTING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET TRACK AND FELL TO GROUND STRIKING HIS HIP ON A ROCK