Tippy Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
MAN WENT IN ON SMOKE. (TOS FEE CORBON MONOXIDE; ACC POIS-CARBON MONOX)
No1: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for No1 (mine ID 1516040). 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
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
Ownership history
- Rainbow Coal Company 1987 to 1988
- Tippy Coal Company 1988 to 1989
- Great Southern Coal Company 1989 to 1991
- Tyco Company 1991 to 1991
- Buck Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No1 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.