Laurel Fork No 1 Surface Coal
Wells Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Wells Paul S
Leslie County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511606
MSHA record for Laurel Fork No 1 Surface (mine ID 1511606). 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
- Wells Coal Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Laurel Fork No 1 Surface sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
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.