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No 8 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bartley Gobel
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515749

MSHA record for No 8 Mine (mine ID 1515749). 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
1987–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Bartley & Bartley Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 8 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

February 3, 1989 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bartley & Bartley Coal Company · Struck by falling object

LOADER OPERATOR (INJURED) WAS STANDING BESIDE LOADER WITH HIS HAND RESTING ON TOP OF CANOPY CONVERSING WITH INSPECTOR WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF ONTO HIS HAND, BAD BRUISE NO BONES BROKEN .

1988 · 1 incident

August 12, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bartley & Bartley Coal Company · Struck by falling object

COAL FELL FROM FACE AREA AS OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING LAST BOLT IN PLACE OPERATOR WAS H URT IN KNEE AND SIDE NOT SERIOUSLY

1987 · 1 incident