Mining Incidents

#1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Ken Ray Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Daugherty Leona
Lafollette, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002738

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 4002738). 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
1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Gipson Coal Company 1981 to 1982
  2. Valuable Energy Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  3. Plateau Mining Corp 1984 to 1987
  4. Ken Ray Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
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

1984 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1984 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Plateau Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

RETURN ENTRY FELL AGAINST FAN STOPPING APPROX. 14 FT WIDE BY 75 FT LONG. THIS AREA WAS OLD WORKS AND HAD BEEN UNDER WATER FOR A GOOD WHILE PREVIOUSLY. FALL HADBEEN EXAMINED BY MSHA INSPECTOR P AYNE FROM JENICO, TENN. OFFICE.

June 16, 1984 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Plateau Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

HAD FALL IN INT ERSECTION-NEAR AREA WHERE IT HAD BEEN UNDER WATER AND TOP NOT BOLTED IT HAD BEENFALL EDGES WHERE DANGERED AND TIMBERED OFF