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#1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Swan Pond Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Patterson Bill
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515805

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515805). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Gordon Coal Company 1986 to 1988
  2. Double A Mining Company 1988 to 1991
  3. C & H Mining 1991 to 1991
  4. Swan Pond Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.

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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

January 27, 1989 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double A Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STUCK FINGER BETWEEN JEEP AND SCOOP WHILE BACKING UP THE DUMP.

1988 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT A PILLAR WITH HIS JEEP, BUSTED HIS NOSE.

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING JEEP CAME AROUND CURVBE & HIT ANOTHERF JEEP HEAD ON & HIS HEAD HIT PANIC BAR, CUT ON RIGHT EYE RESULTED IN STITCHES.

March 2, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gordon Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN EQUIPMENMT