Mining Incidents

#1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Four L Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Lawson Roy A
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515197

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515197). 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
1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. Legra Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1986
  2. Flat Creek Coal Company 1986 to 1987
  3. Flat Creek Coal Company 1987 to 1987
  4. B & G Coal Company 1987 to 1988
  5. Four L Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
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

1985 · 1 incident

September 2, 1985 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Legra Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SETTING A PUMP, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIM