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Big Springs #17 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Underground
Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517996

MSHA record for Big Springs #17 Mine (mine ID 1517996). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Dec 1998
Ownership history
  1. Consol Of Kentucky Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Springs #17 Mine 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

1998 · 2 incidents

December 28, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED 160'INBY SPAD #701 IN THE #5 ENTRY. SIZE OF FALL WAS APPROX 4'HX12'WX20'L-NO INJURIES CONTINUOUS MINER WAS CAUGHT VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTSFALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP

May 23, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNITENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY 2ND BREAK INBY PORTAL. SIZE OF THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 4-6' HIGH, 20-30' LONG. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT , VENTILATION WAS NOT INTE RRUPTED. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 4' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT CONSISTING OF 9' COMBINATION BOLTS. FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP.