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No 45: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Leeco Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kaneb Services Inc
Wendover, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512492

MSHA record for No 45 (mine ID 1512492). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Leeco Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 45 sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
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

1983 · 2 incidents

September 29, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leeco Inc · Fall from machine

AS HE WAS TRAMMING HIS SHUTTLECAR TO THE FEEDER A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL ON H IS SHOULDER THIS STARTLED HIM CAUSING HIM TO ROLL OFF HIS CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVING AS HE ROLLED OFF HE TI TWISTED HIS BACK DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 10 19 83

June 28, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED OUTSIDE IN A SCOOP BUCKET AND WAS HOLDING ON TO THE SCOOP PLUNGER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE WHICH JARRED THE BUCKET THE PLUNGER JUMPED IN WHICH CAUGHT H ND BETWEEN THE PLUNGER AND BUCKET