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#1 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

J & R Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Vanover Frank Jr
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515932

MSHA record for #1 Mine (mine ID 1515932). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Mingo Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1987
  2. J & L Coal Company 1987 to 1988
  3. J & R Coal Company 1988 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

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

October 27, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DRIVING J9EP INTO MINES PASSED A 2ND JEEP & THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER & HAND ON HIS PAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS JEEP LIGHT POST & JEEP PAN & HIS LEFT RING FINGER 1ST JOINT WAS CUT OF F 3

August 17, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE USING THE3ROOF BOLTER MACHINE A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LOWER BACK.

May 21, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING 5 ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.HE WORKED THE 21ST AND ALL DAY THE 22ND.HAND BEGAN TO SWELL AND ON THE 23RD WENT TO A DOCTOR AND X-RAYS SHOWED TWO BONES BROKEN. IED OF THIS BY 7HE EMPLOYEE UNTIL 5-29-87.