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Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Billy Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James D McIntyre
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516294

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1516294). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Billy Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 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

4 on file

1988 · 4 incidents

June 24, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Billy Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BUMPED HEAD ON MINER AT 09:30 AM. SAID HEAD WAS HURTING BUT HE DIDNT WANT TO GO HOME. AROUND 14:30 HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH A HYD DRILL. HE FINISHED DRILLING THE HOLE AND THEN JUST SAT DOWN AND THEN WE TRANSPORTED HIM TO NORTON HOSP.