Mining Incidents

Defiance Stoker Tipple: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Marigold Docks Inc · Facility
Controlled by Drummond Company Inc
Vicco, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505152

MSHA record for Defiance Stoker Tipple (mine ID 1505152). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Bull Creek Mining Corp 1950 to 1974
  2. Plateau Mining Company Inc 1974 to 1974
  3. No 8 Limited Of Virginia 1974 to 1977
  4. Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1987
  5. Marigold Docks Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Defiance Stoker Tipple sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 10, 1983 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Elkhorn & Jellico Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. BRAFFORD ON HIS WAY TO GET R/R CAR TO DROP IN TO TIPPLE TO LOAD, HE WAS STRUCK BY A END LOADER.