Mining Incidents

#1: 1 reportable incident Coal

N & S Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smith Harold G
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515577

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515577). 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
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. V-Twin Coal 1986 to 1986
  2. N & S Coal Inc 1986 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

1986 · 1 incident

October 8, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
N & S Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING MERCHER MINE T RACTOR IN FACE AREA OF THE MINE HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE T OPOF THE TRACTOR & IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & A ROOF BOLT