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R B S Plant No 3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Jackson J Michael
Lily, Laurel County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510622

R B S Plant No 3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Euclid Energy Inc 1976 to 1977
  2. R B S Inc 1977 to 1986
  3. St Helens Processing Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 5
1986 3
1985 1
1984 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

R B S Plant No 3 sits in Laurel County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Laurel County, Kentucky · Population 62,731
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$56,999
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

1987 · 1 incident

June 7, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Helens Processing Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE HAD CL3MBED LADDER, WHICH IS A PERMANENT LADDER ATTACHED TO ANOTHER STRUCUTE, TO CHECK SCREENS TO SEE IF COAL WAS FLOWING PORPERLY. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FE LL ABOUT 2 FEET3TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS FALLING HE TRIED TO CATCH THE LADDER AND SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE LADDER.