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Red Bird Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Pat White Fuels Inc · Surface
Controlled by White Pascual R
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514009

Red Bird Surface has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Pat White Fuels Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1987 1
1986 12 3,836
1985 35 65,968
1984 43 90,317
1983 26 41,433
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Red Bird Surface sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 5, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pat White Fuels Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG HAS 6EEN FILED BY RETIREE AGAINST THE COMPANY CLAIM IS IN LITIGATION OR COURT