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#1 Coal

Adella Coal, Inc · Underground

Controlled by Kennedy King

Mousie, Knott County, KY · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1518793

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2004–2025
Latest incident: Oct 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

1,451

citations

426

significant & substantial

$954,196

proposed penalties

$220,853

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	6,450	18	4	2790.7
2025 Q3	6,453	26	3	4029.1
2025 Q2	6,450	44	12	6821.7
2025 Q1	6,449	23	4	3566.4
2024 Q4	6,447	22	3	3412.4
2024 Q3	6,449	29	10	4496.8
2024 Q2	6,455	24	11	3718.0
2024 Q1	6,448	14	3	2171.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 13, 2025 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE

Adella Coal, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was tramming up #7 Entry on company #2 scoop caught head against rib causing a laceration.

2019 · 1 incident

May 24, 2019 KY · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY

Adella Coal, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Watching head drive and reached around guards to remove a piece of coal. Thumb got caught in belt on #3 head drive.

2009 · 1 incident

February 17, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE

Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Dumping coal on dump. Piece of rock caught his hand against the metal choker plates and mashed hand cutting some of his fingers.

2007 · 1 incident

April 13, 2007 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Double A Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was found on ground by another scoop man while changing batteries on scoop. Told him that he was shoveling out battery tray and back went out. Told foreman same thing.

2006 · 1 incident

November 6, 2006 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY

Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hand drill slum caught finger cut out of finger bad.

2005 · 1 incident

October 13, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Got hand caught on bolter steel where it connects together.

2004 · 1 incident

December 13, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

C&S Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HOLDING THE WIPE DOWN ON #1 HEAD DRIVE WHILE THEY WERE BUMPING THE BELT BACK TO GET A CHAIN OUT OF THE TAILPIECE AND PINCHED HIS RING FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING THE RING FINGER BETWEEN THE 1ST & 2ND JOINT AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER TAKING 8 STITCHES.