Mining Incidents

Maxie Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Donald G LaViers
Colson, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510159

MSHA record for Maxie Tipple (mine ID 1510159). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Red Fox Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Maxie Tipple 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

1986 · 1 incident

September 17, 1986 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Fox Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS IN THE P9OCESS OF TRYING TO THROW A SWITCH AT RAIL SIDING WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE SWITCH, HE STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK.