W & A Coal Sales Inc · Struck by flying object
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No 3: 1 reportable incident Coal
W & A Coal Sales Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Williams Ireland
Van Lear,
Johnson County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1506229
MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 1506229). 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
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Aug 1992
Ownership history
- Tripple W Fuel Inc 1950 to 1989
- Big Daddy Mining Inc 1989 to 1991
- Carter County Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1992
- W & A Coal Sales Inc 1992 to present
- M & G Transportation & Coal Sales Inc 1992 to 1992
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 3 sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.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.