Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Cougar Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516161

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516161). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Cougar Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
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

1989 · 1 incident

January 13, 1989 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRAWROCK 2'X3'X3" FELL STRICKING CANOPY & EMPL ON HEARD & NECK AREA.