Mining Incidents

Auger Mine No. 31 Coal

B&H Coal Co., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by G B Hendrickson
Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518510

MSHA record for Auger Mine No. 31 (mine ID 1518510). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
11
inspections on record
49
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 49 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. B&H Coal Co., Inc. 2002 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)
2005 0
2004 0
2003 2 5,629
2002 2 4,352
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Auger Mine No. 31 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.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 383 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 204 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.