Mining Incidents

Straight Creek Mining Co #6 Job: 1 reportable incident Coal

Helton, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513150

MSHA record for Straight Creek Mining Co #6 Job (mine ID 1513150). 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. Straight Creek Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Straight Creek Mining Co #6 Job sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
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 21, 1983 KY · Coal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Straight Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A MECHANIC REPLACE A TRACK ON A DOZER HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE TRACK THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB RECEIVED SIX STITCHES