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Camp Creek #3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Double D Energy Inc · Surface
Controlled by Blanton David Deron
Coldiron, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514915

Camp Creek #3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. Double D Energy Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 1 500
1987 12 32,000
1986 13 35,579
1985 6 29,187
1984 12 5,431
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Camp Creek #3 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

April 22, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Double D Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING COAL NEAR HIGHWALL WHEN ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.