Mining Incidents

Mine No 3: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Roxana Coal Company Inc · Underground
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516530

MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 1516530). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Roxana Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 3 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

1989 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1989 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING ON DRILL AND GIT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN DRILL BARELL.

May 4, 1989 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

DRILL BARELL CAUGHT HIS SHIRT AND WOUND IT UP. IT PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SKINNED HIS BACK.

March 9, 1989 KY · Coal driller operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

NO ACCIDENT-KNEES GIVING HIM TROUBLE SO HE WENT TO DR.

1988 · 1 incident

December 27, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURED OUTBY SPAD NO. 5 SPPROX. 40 FT AND EXTENDING TO WITHIN 20 FT OF SURFACE PORTAL THE FALL WAS APPROX. 16 FT WIDE AND 37 FT LONG AND APPROX. 20 FT HIGH.