Turner Brothers Inc · Accident type, without injuries
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Heavener #1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Transwestern Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Public Service Co Of New Mexico
MSHA Mine ID: 3401317
MSHA record for Heavener #1 (mine ID 3401317). 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
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Jun 1986
Ownership history
- Turner Brothers Inc 1981 to 1986
- Transwestern Mining Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Heavener #1 sits in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.Le Flore County, Oklahoma · Population 48,728
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,027
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.