Brown Pit Coal
Kay Fabe Coal Co
· Surface
Controlled by
Welch Lester Sr
De Kalb County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101409
MSHA record for Brown Pit (mine ID 0101409). 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
- —
Ownership history
- Earth Energy Products Inc 1975 to 1976
- Gary L Little & Associates 1976 to 1976
- Kay Fabe Coal Co 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Brown Pit sits in DeKalb County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.DeKalb County, Alabama · Population 71,946
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,149
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.