Mining Incidents

Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Tommy G Gambrel
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512785

MSHA record for Surface (mine ID 1512785). 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
1986
Latest incident
Feb 1986
Ownership history
  1. Black Hole Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
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

1986 · 1 incident