Mining Incidents

COLDIRON OWL MINE Coal

Cumberland, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519954

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
18
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,710
proposed penalties
$2,559
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,476 1 0 287.7
2025 Q3 29,620 6 0 202.6
2025 Q2 26,488 4 0 151.0
2025 Q1 36,518 3 0 82.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 31, 2025 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was bolting top & bent a bolt causing the bolt plate to strike EE's arm causing a laceration. EE was taken to a hospital.

2024 · 1 incident