Bear Mine Or Bear No 1 Coal
Grant Branch Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Trosper James
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511199
MSHA record for Bear Mine Or Bear No 1 (mine ID 1511199). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Ownership history
- S & E Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1978
- Grant Branch Coal Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Bear Mine Or Bear No 1 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.