Mining Incidents

Black Beauty Coal

B & L S Contracting Company · Surface
Controlled by Sargent Bud L
Velpen, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201454

MSHA record for Black Beauty (mine ID 1201454). 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
Ownership history
  1. B & L S Contracting Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Beauty sits in Pike County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Pike County, Indiana · Population 12,187
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
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.