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Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Jimmy E Hamilton
Flat Lick, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505250

MSHA record for Tipple (mine ID 1505250). 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
1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Blue Gem Coal & Land Corp 1950 to 1980
  2. Plastics Universal Corp 1980 to 1981
  3. J-Ray Inc 1981 to 1982
  4. Hammer Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
  5. Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc 1986 to 1990
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tipple 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

1989 · 1 incident

March 10, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPL WAS REMOVING OLD TIRES AND OILDRUMS HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK STRAIN OF EMPTYING 55 GAL OILDRUMS RESULTED IN LOWER BACK INJURY EMPL DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL NEXT WORK DAY 3-15 -89