Mining Incidents

No 1: 6 reportable incidents Coal

B & D Energy Inc · Underground
Neon, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515042

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1515042). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Ownership history
  1. R C Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  2. Sidewinder Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1988
  3. Emory & Henry Mining Inc 1988 to 1988
  4. Joseph Brothers Inc 1988 to 1989
  5. R & E Coal Company 1989 to 1990
  6. Ring Coal Sales Inc 1990 to 1991
  7. Tiger Development Inc 1991 to 1992
  8. B & D Energy Inc 1992 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

6 on file

1992 · 1 incident

May 12, 1992 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & D Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #3 ENTRY ADJOINING A FALL ALREADY ON MINE MAP IN #3 ENTRY 3 BRKS UNDERGROUND. NO PERSONS INVOLVED OR IN DANGER.

1991 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1991 KY · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Tiger Development Inc · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING PIECE OF METAL FROM PICKUP TRUCK. AHD TRUCK IN SHOP UNLOADING PIECE OF METAL WITH OVER HEAD CRANE. WAS PULLING PICKUP OUT FROM UNDER METAL WHEN CAUGHT ON PICKUP BED. JERRED CHAIN LOOSE. FELL ON THIGH AND FOOT.

May 27, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ring Coal Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP CAME OUT OF 5 HEADING CUTTER CAME OUT OF 4 TO 5 CROSS CUT. WHEN SCOOP BUCKET HIT CUTTER MAN ON LEFT HIP PRESSING HIM AGAINST CUTTER CONTROLS.

May 11, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator ELECTRICAL
Ring Coal Sales Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE BLOWED ON JOY 12RB CUTTER MAN CAUGHT IN SMOKE APPROX 2 MIN.

1990 · 2 incidents