Roxana Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A ROCK FALL MEASURING APPROX. 60' LONG, 14' WIDE, 3' THICK FELL NEAR THE FACE OF NO.4 ENTRY. NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.
No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal
Roxana Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Day Rickey & David C Banks
MSHA Mine ID: 1514164
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1514164). 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
- 1991
- Latest incident
- Apr 1991
Ownership history
- Commerce Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1990
- Roxana Coal Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 4 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.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.