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#2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Whitley Gap Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Moore Gilbert
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515484

#2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. C Y Smith Inc 1986 to 1988
  2. Whitley Gap Mining Inc 1988 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)
1989 7 2,170
1988 8 1,700
1987 9 7,904
1986 6 600
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#2 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 2, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
C Y Smith Inc · Struck against a moving object

JEEP DRIVER WAS3GOING IN #3 BREAK WHEN THE FRONT OF THE JEEP HIT A ROOF BOLT JERKING THE WHEEL OUT OF HIS HAND BREAKING THE JEEP DRIVER FINGER AND HAND.

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1986 · 1 incident

May 19, 1986 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C Y Smith Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING DRILL 8TEEL FROM HOLE WHEN DRILL BOUNCED OFF THE BOTTOM, CATCHING I NAME S LEFT SHIRT SLEEVE IN THE DRILL STEEL. THE ROTATION CAUSED HIS ARM TO BE CAUGHT, TEARING THE SKIN FROM HIS AR M. 3