Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Slate Top Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Gray Owen
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513988

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1513988). 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
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Slate Top Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 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

December 16, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator ENTRAPMENT
Slate Top Coal Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPLOYEE REENTE9ED AN ABANDONED AREA TO RETRIEVCE SCSR'S AND A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED MINER WAS TRAPPED IN THE DECK OF THE JEEP FOR 19 HOURS