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Old House Branch No 9: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lake Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Howell Corporation
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514608

MSHA record for Old House Branch No 9 (mine ID 1514608). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Lake Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
  2. Joseph Brothers Inc 1984 to 1985
  3. Commerce Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Old House Branch No 9 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

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

March 27, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lake Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OF ROOF ROCK OCCURRED DURING A TIME WHEN THE MINE WAS IDLE THEFALL WAS CONTINIONS OF A FALL WHICH HAD OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1984, THE ADDITIONAL ROCK PARTIALLY BLOCKED THE RETURN DIR COURSE.

1984 · 1 incident

September 4, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Joseph Brothers Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HIGHWALL WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF FAILURE OF SOME OF PRESPLIT HOLES WHICH WERE VISIBLE IN CAVITY AFTER ROOF FALL HAD BEEN PARTIALLY REMOVED AND CONDITION WAS COMPLICATED BY TWO EXISTING HILL SEAMS WHICH WERE NOT DETECTED DURING DEVELOPMENT