Mining Incidents

Bon Harbor: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Alexander Jerry
Owensboro, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515248

Bon Harbor has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. R A Alexander & Sons Inc 1985 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)
1994 0
1993 1 34,334
1992 2 10,276
1991 3 34,052
1990 5 71,088
1989 5 72,657
1988 4 29,656
1987 6 57,338
1986 6 62,688
1985 5 30,139
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Bon Harbor sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
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

1988 · 1 incident

August 25, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
R A Alexander & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS GOING HOME AFTER WORK TRAVELING ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD MET (NAME)OWNER-PARTNER IN 40' WIDE CURVE-SAID HE DIDN'T THINK ANYONE ELSE WAS AROUND ON MINE PROPERTY.