Chaney Creek Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects
INDIVIDUAL CROSSING STRUCTURE SLIPPED AND CRACKED RIB.
#1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal
Little John Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Wagers Dewey
Ashers Branch,
Leslie County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513496
MSHA record for #1 Mine (mine ID 1513496). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Dec 1983
Ownership history
- Quick Silver Mining Inc 1982 to 1983
- Chaney Creek Coal Corp 1983 to 1984
- Mc Kee Enterprises 1984 to 1984
- Pixie Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
- Little John Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#1 Mine sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.