Mining Incidents

#1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

K & B Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Funk Paul
Thornton, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516696

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1516696). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. K & B Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
K & B Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT UPPER RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG BY 1/2 INCH DEEP.

May 11, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K & B Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

BRUISED LOWER BACK AREA.