Lesco Mining Company · Fall from machine
MAN STARTED ACROSS A WET SCOOP SLIPPED HITTING LEFT KNEE ON EDGE CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE KNEE.
No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1515084). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
Ownership history
- Lesco Mining Company 1985 to 1989
- Lesco Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Mine sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
2 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 1 incident
Lesco Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL OCCUR9ED IN#16 BRK BETWEEN#3 AND #4 ENTRY ON MAIN HAULAGE WAY.