Big Star No 1 Strip Coal
Big Star Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Taylor Walter Scott Jr
Cherokee County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101555
MSHA record for Big Star No 1 Strip (mine ID 0101555). 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
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- Latest incident
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Ownership history
- Big Star Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Big Star No 1 Strip sits in Cherokee County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Cherokee County, Alabama · Population 25,224
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,769
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.