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#1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

H I C O Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Lanham Roy
Jellico, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516155

#1 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. H I C O Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 7 9,642
1987 8 3,303
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 23, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
H I C O Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MINE FOREMAN WAS DRIVING SCOOP FROM IN THE MINE TO THE OUTSIDE WHEN HE RAN UPON A ROCK JERKING THE STIRRING WHEEL OUT OF HIS HAND & KNOCKING HIS RT.HAND FINGER INTO THE STEERING WHEEL BREAKING HIS MIDDLE FINGER