Eagle Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS PULLING ON MINER WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
No 8: 8 reportable incidents Coal
Eagle Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James H Booth
Deboard,
Martin County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517848
MSHA record for No 8 (mine ID 1517848). 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
- 1996–1998
- Latest incident
- Sep 1998
Ownership history
- Eagle Coal Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 8 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.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 file1998 · 4 incidents
June 9, 1998
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
THE EE WAS PUTTING UP ROOF BOLT WHEN ROCK FELL SMAHSING FINGER REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.
March 30, 1998
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND STATED HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN MID-SECTION OF BACK.
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS RIDING SCOOP INSIDE, HIT HOLE & JARRED BACK.
1997 · 3 incidents
October 20, 1997
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS PINNING TOP & WHILE HE WAS DOING THIS HE SOMEHOW STRAINED/OR TWISTED HIS KNEE.
June 24, 1997
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
THE EE WAS REENTERING THE MINE AND A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.
February 28, 1997
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE WAS REACHING
1996 · 1 incident
December 17, 1996
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A CATAPILLER LOADER AND AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.