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Black Desert: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516451

MSHA record for Black Desert (mine ID 1516451). 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
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Beech Creek Energy Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Desert sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1989 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Creek Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GOTTON OFF DOZER WALKING AWAY , FELL ON GROUND WHERE DOZER TRACKS WERE MADE WENT TO HOSP. X RAYS SPRAINED FT. RTW 10-21-89

September 19, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Creek Energy Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS FILLING BULLD OZER WITH WATER, THERE WAS DEW ON HOOD WHICH MADE WET HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND CHECKED BUT INJURY WAS NOT SERIOUS RETURNED TO WORK FOLL OWING DAY.