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#1 Wash Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Sturgeon Mining Inc · Facility
Controlled by Robert L Rosencrans
Booneville, Owsley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517245

MSHA record for #1 Wash Plant (mine ID 1517245). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Collins Construction Company Inc 1992 to 1992
  2. Sturgeon Mining Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Wash Plant sits in Owsley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Owsley County, Kentucky · Population 4,021
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$31,064
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

December 8, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sturgeon Mining Inc · Fall from ladders

COAL WAS STRIKING IN HOPPER. WAS TAKING SHOVEL UP TO DISLODGE COAL IN HOPPER. MUD ON SHOES. SLIPPED ON LADDER. HELD ONTO LADDER WITH BOTH HANDS, WITH SHOVEL IN HAND AND WAS SWINGING FROM LADDE R.