Mining Incidents

Spreader No 1 Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Webb Thomas H
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510256

MSHA record for Spreader No 1 Tipple (mine ID 1510256). 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
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Elkhorn Processing Corp 1977 to 1978
  2. Elkhorn Processing Corp 1978 to 1979
  3. Webb-Elkhorn Coal Corp 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Spreader No 1 Tipple 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

April 8, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Webb-Elkhorn Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PICKING ROCK OFF OF ROCK BELT, MASHED FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND PICKING TABLE.

1984 · 1 incident

June 30, 1984 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Webb-Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

STARTED ACROSS FLOOR TO CUT OFF BELT THEN STEPPED ON BLOCK OF COAL AND FELL SPRAINED ANKLE