Mining Incidents

#1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coby Inc · Surface
Controlled by Salyer Billy R
Kona, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516383

MSHA record for #1 Surface (mine ID 1516383). 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
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Coby Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Surface sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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 auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coby Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPL WAS USING A 16LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A PIPE UNDER AUGER SEINGING OF HAMMER PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK