Rough Hill Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCOOP HIT BOLT PLATE AND MINER CAUGHT HIS ARM ON PLATE
#3: 1 reportable incident Coal
Rough Hill Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Rose Michael
Williamsburg,
Whitley County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516453
MSHA record for #3 (mine ID 1516453). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1990
- Latest incident
- Oct 1990
Ownership history
- Rough Hill Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#3 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.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.