Mining Incidents

Bluegrass 006 Surface Coal

Bluegrass Mining · Surface
Controlled by Michael Puskarich
Morgan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508200

MSHA record for Bluegrass 006 Surface (mine ID 1508200). 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. Zane Alexander Engineering Company Inc 1975 to 1977
  2. Huscoal Inc 1977 to 1980
  3. Bluegrass Mining 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bluegrass 006 Surface sits in Morgan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Morgan County, Kentucky · Population 13,938
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,493
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.