South Akers Mining Llc · Accident type, without injuries
FAN ENTRY:APPROX 120' INBY FAN-TOP HAD BEEN STANDING 13 YEARS WAS CRIBBED ON LEFT SIDE OF INTERSECTION,DECIDED TO FALL.
Whitesburg 1: 1 reportable incident Coal
South Akers Mining Llc
· Underground
Controlled by
Harold E Akers; Jim D Akers
Premium,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517630
MSHA record for Whitesburg 1 (mine ID 1517630). 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
- 1995
- Latest incident
- Aug 1995
Ownership history
- South Akers Mining Llc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Whitesburg 1 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.