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Piedmont Tipple: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Davis Jefferson B
Pathfork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510241

MSHA record for Piedmont Tipple (mine ID 1510241). 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
1992–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. Commonwealth Excavating Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. Master Mining Company Inc 1979 to 1980
  3. Debra Lynn Coals Inc 1980 to 1991
  4. J B D Mining Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Piedmont Tipple 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

March 12, 1994 KY · Coal superintendent ELECTRICAL
J B D Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

INJURED WAS WORKIGN WIHT ME LAODING RAILCARS WHEN THE RAW COAL BELT FEEDING THE TIPPLE QUITE RUNNING. T HE STARTER WAS SINGLE PHASEING. WE CHECK THE MOTOR AND ELADS BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WEARING SO WE TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND SOMEHOW THE TIPS ARCED BETWEEN TWO PHASES AND HE GOT A FLASH BURN IN HIS EYES. WE WORKED REST OF THE DAY. HE WENT TO DR THAT NIGHT.

1992 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J B D Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

95149ED WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN THE WASHBOX WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE PIPE HE WAS STANDING ON AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

May 17, 1992 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
J B D Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

55061S GRINDING DOWN A SHAFT TO PUT NEW GEARS ON WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF ON THE KNEE WITH THE GRINDER WHEEL.