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Prep Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ben Le Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by Smith E Dennis
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1507408

MSHA record for Prep Plant (mine ID 1507408). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Plastics Universal Inc 1974 to 1976
  2. Plastics Universal Corp 1976 to 1977
  3. Ben Le Coal Corp 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Prep Plant sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
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

1984 · 1 incident

July 9, 1984 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ben Le Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS SECURING LATCH ON RR CAR DOOR USING STEEL BAR STANDARD PROCEDURE BAR SLIPPED FROM LATCH CAUSING EMP TO FALL BACKWARD EMP RT LEG TWISTED UNDER HIM BREAKING BONE IN LOWER LEG