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#55: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Leemike Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cooper William L
Linefork, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517251

#55 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. Leemike Coal Company Inc 1992 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)
1993 0
1992 7 2,223
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#55 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

2 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1992 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A EE STRIP EE WAS DRILLING AN OVERHANG ON THE HIGHWALL. HIS SAFETY ROPE WAS TAKEN LOOSE FROM A STATIONARY TRACK LOADER AND TIED TO A PICK UP TRUCK BY ANOTHER EE. THEN ANOTHER EE MOVED THE PICK UP TRUCK DRAGGING INJURED EE UP THE HIGHWALL INJURING HIS BACK.

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK DUST MACHINE TO LOAD INTO SCOOP BUCKET- FELT PAIN IN GROIN- CAUSED A HERNIA.