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Lawrence Co #1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Flaugher Garland M
Louisa, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516280

Lawrence Co #1 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Little Fork Resources & Development Corp 1988 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)
1989 0
1988 20 73,729
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lawrence Co #1 Mine sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
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

1988 · 1 incident

July 25, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OVER TURNED OVER ENGINE DIED OPERATOR SAID COAL NOT HOLD LOADER AS LABOR WAS COMING UP HILL LOADER WENT DOWN HILL IN RECIEVE LABOR WAS AH HAULING WATER UP HILL PUTTING WATER ON ROAD.