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R A C No 8: 1 reportable incident Coal

R A C Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Christian Richard A
Whitley City, Mccreary County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513055

MSHA record for R A C No 8 (mine ID 1513055). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Nevels Coal Inc 1981 to 1983
  2. Paula Michelle Coal Company 1983 to 1983
  3. R A C Mining Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

R A C No 8 sits in McCreary County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
McCreary County, Kentucky · Population 16,905
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$37,355
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

April 27, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
R A C Mining Corp · Struck by powered moving object

JAMES CLAXTON WAS SCRAPPING IN #4 HEADING HE WAS BEHIND THE LINE TIMBERS WHILD THE SCOOP DRIVER WAS LOADING HIS SCOOP JOHNNY YANCY BACKED HIS SCOOP OUT TO THE LAST OPEN BREAK TO MOVE OVER TO R RIGHT SIDE AND CLAXTON THOUGHT HE WAS LEAVING SO HE CRAWLED TOWARD THE FACE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE SCOOP BUCKET