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#2 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Billy Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James D McIntyre
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516598

MSHA record for #2 Mine (mine ID 1516598). 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
1989–1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991
Ownership history
  1. Billy Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 Mine 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

4 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

May 27, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Billy Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CHANGING TIRES ON TRUCK WHEN HE PARKED TRUCK BACK IN LINE HE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK & SPRAINED ANKLE.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

October 9, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Billy Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK.TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR,BRAKES FAILED AND DRIVER LOST CONTOL OF TRUCK AND IT WENT OVER HILL.