Left Fork Contour Strip Mine Coal
Stone Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Massey Energy Company
Blackberry,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517219
MSHA record for Left Fork Contour Strip Mine (mine ID 1517219). 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
- —
Ownership history
- Eastern Coal Corp 1992 to 1993
- Stone Mining Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Left Fork Contour Strip Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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.