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No 7: 1 reportable incident Coal

Joseph Brothers Inc · Underground
Premium, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516106

No 7 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. Lake Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1987
  2. Joseph Brothers Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1989 0
1988 14 85,027
1987 10 19,246
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 7 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

March 1, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Joseph Brothers Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF THE NO. 2 ENTRY. INBY SPAD NO. 47 A HILL SEAM THAT WAS NOT DETECTED ON DEVELOPEMENT THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ROOF FALL. IT MEASUED APP. 18 FEET WIDE, 22 FEET LONG, 2 FEET HIGH.