Mines in Union County, Kentucky
Union County, Kentucky has 34 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 29 abandoned. 33 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 19 miners have died and 4,385 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 16,117 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Union 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
- 34
- Active
- 2
- Fatalities on record
- 19
- Citations issued
- 16,117
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyro Mining Company | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| K.D. Crain & Sons, Inc. | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| RIVER VIEW COAL LLC | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Peabody Coal Company | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Island Creek Coal Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peabody Coal Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough Creek Mining, LLC | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolf Creek Coal Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolf Creek Mining Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Transfer Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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RIVER VIEW MINEActive 2 fatal 9,179 citationsUnderground coal · RIVER VIEW COAL LLC · MSHA ID 1519374
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River View FacilitiesActive 1 fatal 723 citationsFacility coal · River View Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1503178
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Pyro #9 Slope William StationAbandoned and Sealed 14 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1513881
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Camp #11Abandoned and Sealed 2 fatal 1,323 citationsSurface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508357
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Camp #2Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502705
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Rough Creek MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 3,689 citationsFacility coal · Rough Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518335
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Hamilton #2Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502706
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UC Processing, LLCNonProducing 0 fatal 840 citationsFacility coal · UC Processing, LLC · MSHA ID 1511012
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Highland 11 MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 212 citationsUnderground coal · Highland Mining Company · MSHA ID 1518480
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Hamilton 1NonProducing 0 fatal 35 citationsSurface coal · Rough Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1502129
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Sullivan UndergroundAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Wolf Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516806
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Central ShopAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Costain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511702
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Caseyville DockAbandoned 0 fatal 34 citationsFacility coal · Lodestar Energy Incorporated · MSHA ID 1511887
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Tex Mine #1Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 56 citationsSurface coal · Crittenden County Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518830
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Sullivan MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Wolf Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515924
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Crc No 1 LlcAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Crc #1 Llc · MSHA ID 1518066
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Pyro Mine No 6Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1510353
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Hamilton #1 Carbon RecoveryAbandoned 0 fatal 23 citationsSurface coal · K D Crain & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1518993
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Prep Plant No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1511703
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Wolf Creek No 5Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Wolf Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513805
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CB-2 ConveyorAbandoned 0 fatal 2 citationsFacility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516967
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River View Carbon RecoveryAbandoned 0 fatal 1 citationsSurface coal · K D Crain & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1519134
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Camp #3Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512513
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CASEYVILLE YARDAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Imi-South Llc · MSHA ID 1517839
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Dekoven MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Leafco Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507120
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Dekoven Mine #6Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 1502130
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Dodge Hill Carbon RecoveryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · K.D. Crain & Sons, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519782
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Hamilton No 1 SouthAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512683
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Hurley No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Jim Smith Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511619
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No 9 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Central Transfer Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513282
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Pyro No 2Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Pyro Mining Company · MSHA ID 1502131
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River View Complex FacilitiesNew Mine 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · River View Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519960
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Sullivan Processing PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Wolf Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517140
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Uniontown MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502128
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.