Mining Incidents

1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Vance Clell P
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516191

MSHA record for 1 (mine ID 1516191). 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
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. M & F Coal Company 1987 to 1988
  2. Vance Splint Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

1 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
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

1990 · 1 incident

July 20, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vance Splint Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

JEEP STALLED HE WAS PUTTING CHAIN UNDER LEFT SIDE WHEEL WHEN IT RAN OVER LEFT HAND.