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Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

T K G B Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Mills Randy
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515764

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1515764). 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
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. T K G B Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
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

1987 · 1 incident

May 25, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
T K G B Coal Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A MESCHER DRAG BOTTOM TRACTOR. HE WAS TRAMMING THE TRACTOR DOWN THE ENTRY WHEN A SECTION OF ROCK 12 INCHES LONG EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE AND TWO INCHES THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRI5ING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT THE VICTIM SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS BIG TOE.