Mining Incidents

#1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Bo Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Lanham Roy
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514295

MSHA record for #1 Mine (mine ID 1514295). 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
1985–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Spade Coal Company 1983 to 1984
  2. Kensee Mining 1984 to 1984
  3. Jerah Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  4. Big Fannie Coal Company 1985 to 1986
  5. R & N Coal 1986 to 1986
  6. Blue Ridge Coal Company 1986 to 1986
  7. Krystal Coal Company 1986 to 1987
  8. Eagle Mining Company 1987 to 1989
  9. Bo Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Mine 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

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 22, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Mining Company · Struck by falling object

SCOOP OPERATOR SWUNG THE SCOOP AROUND TO GO INTO THE MINE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS THE BLADE OF THE SCOOP HIT SIDE OF CANOPY SUPPORTS KNOCKING OUT 2 SUPPORTS CAUSING THE CANOPY TO FALL ON TOP OF THE SCOOP OPERATOR

1985 · 1 incident