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Gravel Lick: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Addington Inc · Surface
Kilgore, Carter County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516095

MSHA record for Gravel Lick (mine ID 1516095). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Addington Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gravel Lick sits in Carter County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Carter County, Kentucky · Population 26,515
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$50,389
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 12, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Addington Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON 455 DOZER STEAM CLEANER CAME AND WASHED DOZER OFFFORMING ICE ON TRACK AND PUSH ARMS COULD WORKING WHEN GOT DONE SLIPPED ON ICE ON TRACK FALLING AND TWISTED LOWER BACK PULLING MUSCLE

1987 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Addington Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PIECE O0 STEEL FOR LOADER BUCKET PLATES FOR WEAR ON BOTTOM OF BUCKET. HOLDING PIECE OF STEEL IN PLACE FOR WELDER. SANDING IN STRAIN PUT PRESSURE ON BACK, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE SP INE. 3

August 4, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Addington Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LEAVING THE OFF3CE, STEPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL AND TWISTED ANKLE.