Mines in Powell County, Kentucky
Powell County, Kentucky has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 1 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 3 are coal mines and 7 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 41 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 227 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Powell 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
- 10
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 227
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Parkway Stone Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinkle Contracting Company LLC | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| General Shale Brick, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky Prince Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red River Materials, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Silicon Dioxide LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Natural Bridge StoneActive 1 fatal 208 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · MSHA ID 1500075
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Drake #1Intermittent 0 fatal 19 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 1500169
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Staton MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Mountain Parkway Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1515676
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Big Creek MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Kentucky Prince Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516207
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Furnace Sand QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Silicon Dioxide LLC · MSHA ID 1519793
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No 1 Prep PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Boone Corp · MSHA ID 1511556
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Red River Materials, LLC QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Red River Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 1519805
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Sand Quarry #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Silicon Dioxide LLC · MSHA ID 1519841
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Staton MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mountain Parkway Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1515383
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Straight ForkAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516437
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.