#1 Tipple Coal
Homer Short Company Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Homer Short
Denver,
Johnson County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515679
MSHA record for #1 Tipple (mine ID 1515679). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Ownership history
- Homer Short Company Inc 1986 to present
- Eagle River Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1993
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#1 Tipple sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.