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Smith #10: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Great Western Coal Inc · Underground
Coalgood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516521

Smith #10 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Great Western Coal Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1990 32 22,712
1989 29 71,472
1988 13 1,937
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Smith #10 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

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

October 2, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Great Western Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ALLEGEDLY, INJURED WAS MOVING A 2" SUMP PUMP OUT OF THE #5 ENTRY (SCOOP) ROADWAY AND IN DOING SO HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. INJURY WAS SAID TO BE A MILD STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK MUSC LES.

June 5, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Great Western Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL MEASURING 54" T 19'W AND APPROX 30'L WAS FOUND IN THE #4 ENTRY APPROX 780' INBY THE MINE PORTAL THE FALL AREA HAS BEEN SECURED ON ALL SIDE WITH 4"X4"X30" WOOD BLOCK CRIBS AND TIMBE R DANGER SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON ALL SIDES OF FALL ALSO LAST OPEN BREAK OUTBY FALL AREA AND #5 ENTRY LEADING UP TO AREA HAVE ALSO BEEN SECURED WITH CRIBS

February 21, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Great Western Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS TAKING WOOD COLLAR 6"X6"X12' UP #5 ENTRY HE WAS DRAGGING COLLAR INBY END OF COLLAR BECAME WEDGED ON UNEVEN MINE BOTTOM. INJURED JERKED ON COLLAR TO FREE IT WHICH CAUSED LEFT HAND T O BE CAUGHT BETWEEN COLLAR & MINE BOTTO WHICH RESULTED IN LACERATIONTO BOTH 4TH FINGER AND INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND. 4TH FINGER REQUIRED 4 SUTURES INDEX FINGER REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.