Mining Incidents

Freedom Mine No 1 Coal

Rust Of Kentucky Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chester J Rust
Jetson, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511014

Freedom Mine No 1 has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
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Latest incident
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Ownership history
  1. H & H Coal Company 1977 to 1993
  2. Rust Of Kentucky Inc 1993 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)
1994 5 23,797
1993 2 20,686
1992 4 5,188
1991 4 7,657
1990 6 32,594
1989 3 9,774
1988 1 4,831
1987 3 8,148
1986 3 3,175
1985 7 12,074
1984 8 18,282
1983 9 28,417
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Freedom Mine No 1 sits in Butler County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Butler County, Kentucky · Population 12,373
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,003
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.