Mining Incidents

Yancey No 17 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Harlan-Bell Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Lemar Reece
Yancey, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1509704

MSHA record for Yancey No 17 Mine (mine ID 1509704). 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
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. M & M Coal Company 1977 to 1979
  2. Harlan Fuel Company 1979 to 1982
  3. Harlan Fuel Company 1982 to 1982
  4. Harlan-Bell Coal Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Yancey No 17 Mine 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 13, 1983 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harlan-Bell Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING CONCRETE BLOCKS OFF OF FEEDER & CAUGHT FINGER RT. HAND.