Mining Incidents

Graham #5 Underground Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Peabody Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Hanson PLC
Graham, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516701

MSHA record for Graham #5 Underground Mine (mine ID 1516701). 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
1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Peabody Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Graham #5 Underground 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

1991 · 1 incident

January 3, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PICKING UP MATERIAL & TRASH AROUND SUPPLY TYARD,STARTED TO PICK UP A WOODEN PALLET -FELT PAIN IN BACK.