Mining Incidents

No M-4: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Profit Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Engle Bill
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512134

MSHA record for No M-4 (mine ID 1512134). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Dixie Fuel Company 1979 to 1989
  2. Profit Mining Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No M-4 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

March 5, 1985 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dixie Fuel Company · Struck by falling object

WAS SETTING CRIBS ON 3 BELT LINE AND ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM, CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG.

1984 · 1 incident

February 27, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Fuel Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS TAKING TIMBERS OFF OF A BELT. HIT HIS FINGER ON ROCK HANGING ON TIMBERS.