Mining Incidents

No Ie-68: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Four H Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hamilton J Byron
Orkney, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1503120

MSHA record for No Ie-68 (mine ID 1503120). 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
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ligon Preparation Company 1950 to 1981
  2. Four H Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
  3. Newsome Coal Company 1982 to 1983
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No Ie-68 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1988 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Four H Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DISLOAGE ROCK FROM DUMP. COAL GARE WAY AND HE SLID ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PAN LINE INTO THE STOCKPILE.

May 18, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Four H Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING BATTERY POWERED COAL HAULAGE TRAILOR INTO LOADING HOLE THE EMPLOYEE PLACED RT.HAND ON TOP OF COUPLING PIN RESULTING IN LACERATION OF LITTLE FINGERS ON RT.HAND