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#1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Metcalf David & Larry
Woodbine, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515187

#1 Surface has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. David Metcalf & Sons 1985 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)
1998 1
1997 3 669
1996 4 1,593
1995 4 2,498
1994 4 1,409
1993 5 7,803
1992 4 8,225
1991 5 8,214
1990 4 5,370
1989 5 9,577
1988 7 16,459
1987 7 19,072
1986 2 2,568
1985 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#1 Surface 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

1991 · 1 incident

July 25, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
David Metcalf & Sons · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HURT HIS LOWER LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.