Mining Incidents

Happy Dutches Strip Coal

Summers-Ruby Coal - J/V · Surface
Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1507905

MSHA record for Happy Dutches Strip (mine ID 1507905). 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
  1. R E Summers Construction Company Inc 1974 to 1975
  2. Summers-Ruby Coal - J/V 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Happy Dutches Strip 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.