Clay County No 1 Surface Coal
Kentucky Gem Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Thornberry Rennie - Earl
MSHA Mine ID: 1510492
MSHA record for Clay County No 1 Surface (mine ID 1510492). 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
- Kentucky Gem Coal Company-A Joint Venture 1977 to 1981
- Kentucky Gem Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Clay County No 1 Surface sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
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.