Mining Incidents

Theta Tipple Coal

L T Ruth Coal Company Inc · Facility
Sublett, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512843

MSHA record for Theta Tipple (mine ID 1512843). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Theta Corp 1981 to 1982
  2. L T Ruth Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Theta Tipple sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.