Mining Incidents

No 18: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hugh Holbrook
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516090

MSHA record for No 18 (mine ID 1516090). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Holbrook Mining Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 18 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

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

January 10, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Holbrook Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROCK TRUCK FRAME BROKE

1988 · 1 incident

March 15, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holbrook Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D9H DOZER HE FELL OFF THE DOZER TRUCKS HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ARM