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Enterprise Coal Co-Ned'S Branch: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Talmage D Meade
Premium, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517119

Enterprise Coal Co-Ned'S Branch has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc 1991 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 2
1991 7 18,803
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Enterprise Coal Co-Ned'S Branch 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

1991 · 1 incident

August 27, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER ONT HE WATER TRUCKT TO CHEKC THE WATER LEVEL AND HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.