Mining Incidents

Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mountain Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Fuson Ronnie
Ingram, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515472

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1515472). 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
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Becky Coal Corp 1985 to 1986
  2. Fuson Coal Company 1986 to 1987
  3. Mountain Coal Company 1987 to present
  4. Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc 1987 to 1988
  5. M & R Coal Company 1988 to 1989
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
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

September 8, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & R Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE NO TWO HEADING APPROX 40' OUTBY FACE PRODUCTION HAD CEASED AT 4:00PM AND FOUND EMPL WERE WORKING ON LOADING PINT TWO BREAKS OUTBY THE FALL AREA THE FALL WAS 4' THICK 20' W AND 40' L NO WARNING WAS GIVEN OR NOTICED DUE TO NO ONE BURY IN THE AREA NO SIGNS OF IT WORKING WERE NOTICED DURING THE SHIFT