Mining Incidents

No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

L & E Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Caudill Hubert W
Ulvah, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510465

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1510465). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Magnum Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1983
  2. L & E Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1987
  3. L & E Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

2 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

November 26, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
L & E Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INLOADER WAS TO4ING SCOOP UPHILL ON THE ROAD TO MINES AND THE CHAIN BROKE STRIKING MAN ON THE HAND CUTTING A DEEP CUT ON TOP OF HIS WRIST

July 26, 1985 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
L & E Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF COAL STRUCK MOTORMAN IN THE EYE, OFF THE BOOM OF LOADER.