Mining Incidents

No1: 1 reportable incident Coal

B B W Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brandenburg Troy
Beattyville, Lee County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515548

MSHA record for No1 (mine ID 1515548). 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
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. B B W Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No1 sits in Lee County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lee County, Kentucky · Population 7,375
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$34,182
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

1986 · 1 incident

September 12, 1986 KY · Coal FIRE
B B W Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE POWDER TRUC5 WHILE IN ROUTE TO THE BLAST SITE STRUCK A ROCK IN THE ROAD PUNCTURING THE GAS TANK THE POWDER TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATEDLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE TRUCK AN TO S AFETY WIHTOUT A3Y INJURY THE TRUCK EXPLODED COMPLETELY DESTROYING IT AND ITS CARGO