Mining Incidents

Premium Shop: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Harry LaViers Jr
Premium, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516286

MSHA record for Premium Shop (mine ID 1516286). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. South-East Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Premium Shop 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

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
South-East Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILED CLAIM FOR STATE BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 22, 1989 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
South-East Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A HAND GRINDER.

March 31, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
South-East Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE BACKING TOOL ACROSS WORK PIECE AFTER CUT WAS COMPLETED, A FINE SCRAPPING OF METAL WAS THROWN IN RIGHT EYE.