Mining Incidents

#5 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Kyva Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hunsaker Ted Jr
Mayking, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516498

MSHA record for #5 Surface (mine ID 1516498). 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
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Kyva Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#5 Surface 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 26, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Kyva Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING BOREHOLES IN PIT #001 A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. IT STRUCK I.NAME ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND UPPER RIGHT ARM, CUTTING HIS ARM.