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Mines in Barren County, Kentucky

Barren County, Kentucky has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 4 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 25 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 139 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Barren County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Barren County →

Mines on register
6
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
139
0 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 25 reported accidents, 1983–2018
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.
Barren County, Kentucky · Population 44,670
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Hinkle Contracting Corporation 2 0 0
SCOTTY'S CONTRACTING & STONE, LLC 1 1 1
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company 1 0 0
Park City Stone, LLC 1 1 0
Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. 1 0 0
Mines in Barren County6 on register
  1. BARREN COUNTY STONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · SCOTTY'S CONTRACTING & STONE, LLC · MSHA ID 1506863
    Active
  2. Park City Stone, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Park City Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 1500082
    Active
  3. Glasgow Quarry Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Corporation · MSHA ID 1518712
    Abandoned
  4. Barren East Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · MSHA ID 1517345
    Abandoned
  5. Park City Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. · MSHA ID 1500064
    Abandoned
  6. SANDERS MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harbison-Walker Refractories Company · MSHA ID 1516324
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.