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Cary-Watts No 7: 1 reportable incident Coal

Cary-Watts Inc · Surface
Controlled by Coleman Denzil
Belton, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513673

Cary-Watts No 7 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Cary-Watts Inc 1982 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)
1989 0
1988 0
1986 0
1983 9 50,936
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cary-Watts No 7 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

1983 · 1 incident

June 17, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cary-Watts Inc · Fall from machine

ENGINE ON 945 LOADER STOPPED WHILE BACKING DOWN GRADE AND WOULD NOT RESTART.EMPL JUMPED OFF LOADER WHILE MOVING.BROKE RIGHT ANKLE AS RESULT OF JUMPING.