Mining Incidents

#1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Wright Edward
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516981

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1516981). 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
1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Campbranch Coal Company Inc 1990 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

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

June 17, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Campbranch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL STEEL BROKE ON ROOF BOLTER CUTTING OFF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND