Whitesburg Mill Metal/Non-Metal
Mountain Enterprises Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Lawson Leonard
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1500198
MSHA record for Whitesburg Mill (mine ID 1500198). 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
- State Contracting & Materials Division 1950 to 1978
- Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1980
- Mountain Enterprises Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Whitesburg Mill 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 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.