Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Little Buck Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hall Terry R
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517656

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1517656). 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
1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
2
inspections on record
7
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 7 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Chenoa Coal Inc 1995 to 1995
  2. Taurus Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1995
  3. Little Buck Coal Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1995 · 1 incident

July 27, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chenoa Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

HANDLE SLIPPED ON RED DEVIL HIT FINGE RON BOLT CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 13 STITCHES.