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Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Brenway Coal Corp · Surface
Pathfork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508027

MSHA record for Strip (mine ID 1508027). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Brenway Coal Corp 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Strip 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

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

October 8, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brenway Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

END LOADER OPER1 WAS CARRYING DIRT UP HILL AND LOADER ENGINE STOPPED AND LOADER ROLLED BACKWARDS OVER SMALL HIGHWALL DID NOT OVERTURN ONLY SPRAINED HIS NECK

1983 · 1 incident

October 28, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brenway Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING A 560 HAFF LIFTED OIL AND WATER PUMP UP TO HELPER AND REACHED FOR WRENCH PULLING HIS LEFT SIDE.