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#1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Spud Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hattie F Johnson
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517388

#1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky May Coal Company Inc 1993 to 1993
  2. Spud Mining Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1996 22 38,225
1995 28 102,878
1994 31 140,920
1993 12 42,156
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#1 sits in Knott 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Spud Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING PIN OUT OF BOOM LIFT JACK ON CUTTING MACHINE. BAR USED TO KNOCK OUT PIN BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK IN MOUTH.

April 14, 1994 KY · Coal driller operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Spud Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

COAL DRILL OPERATOR PARKED THE LONG AIRDOX COAL DRILL ON THE RT SIDE OF LINE CURTAIN CRAWLED TO OTHER SIDE OF CURTAIN TO MAKE CENTER MARK & RIB MARKS ON A LEFT CROSSCUT HE CRAWLED BACK UNDER CURTAIN & BUMPED HIS RT EYE ON DRILL