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2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Yellow Creek Corp · Underground
Controlled by Hammons Dennise
Woodbine, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516510

MSHA record for 2 (mine ID 1516510). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Ownership history
  1. Steel Hollow Mining Inc 1988 to 1992
  2. G & C Coal Company 1992 to 1992
  3. Megan Inc 1992 to 1995
  4. Yellow Creek Corp 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

2 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

4 on file

1996 · 3 incidents

July 3, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yellow Creek Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING A BELT SPLICE IN BELT, WENCH SLIPPED MASHED THUMB BROKEN ONE PLACE.

July 3, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yellow Creek Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING A BELT SPLICE IN BEWLT WITH A COMEALONG UPON RELEADONG WENCH HANDLE CAME BACK HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB AND BROKE IT.

1995 · 1 incident

October 16, 1995 KY · Coal brattice man/worker FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Yellow Creek Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CRAWLING DOWN THE RUNWAY TO THE PHONE & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER.