C & H Mining · Accident type, without injuries
DUE TO TORRENT RAIN THE INTAKE AND FAN ENTRY WAS FLOODED FOR APPROXIMATELY 20'. THIS WAS DUE TO SURFACE WATER.
No 8: 1 reportable incident Coal
C & H Mining
· Underground
Controlled by
Lloyd Cole; Larry Hubbard
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517882
MSHA record for No 8 (mine ID 1517882). 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
- 1998
- Latest incident
- Apr 1998
Ownership history
- C & H Mining 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 8 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.