Mining Incidents

Canyon Lake Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Canyon Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Francis Samuel S
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517229

MSHA record for Canyon Lake Mine (mine ID 1517229). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Canyon Coals Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Canyon Lake Mine 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

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

August 9, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canyon Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLIMBING ONTO DOZER PULLED BACK.