Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

W & P Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Parsons Loyall-Dale
Eolia, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511127

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1511127). 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
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Five Brothers Coal Company 1978 to 1985
  2. W & P Coal Company Inc 1985 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 5, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W & P Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

USING TWO HAMME9S TO BREAK STEEL BANDS ON BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF ONE OF THE HAMMERS AND LODGED IN RIGHT LEG.