Mines in Graves County, Kentucky
Graves County, Kentucky has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 1 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 108 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2014. Inspectors have issued 250 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Graves 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.
- Mines on register
- 13
- Active
- 2
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 250
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hickory Clay Company | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bard Sand Gravel & Excavating Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bell City Pottery | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooley Clay Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edna Riley Sand & Gravel Co Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ford Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken-Tenn Construction | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-South Construction Company Inc | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Hickory Clay MillActive 0 fatal 106 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Old Hickory Clay Company · MSHA ID 1507011
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Mid-South Construction Company IncActive 0 fatal 105 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mid-South Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504537
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Graves County MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 22 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · MSHA ID 1504511
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Graves County MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Old Hickory Clay Company · MSHA ID 1500188
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Ford Construction CompanyIntermittent 0 fatal 14 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ford Construction Company · MSHA ID 1516612
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Bards Pit And PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Bard Sand Gravel & Excavating Company · MSHA ID 1507161
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Bell City No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tony Grooms Construction Company · MSHA ID 1515981
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Cooley Clay CompanyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cooley Clay Company · MSHA ID 1518556
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Edna Riley Sand & Gravel Co RileyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Edna Riley Sand & Gravel Co Riley · MSHA ID 1504648
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Farmington Clay MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Bell City Pottery · MSHA ID 1500151
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Kentucky MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · MSHA ID 1500178
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Rock PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ken-Tenn Construction · MSHA ID 1512931
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West Fork Sand & GravelAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · West Fork Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1516658
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.
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.