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Homestead #2: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Western Carbon Corp · Facility
Controlled by Morton Richard
Earlington, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516661

Homestead #2 has had no fatalities among 8 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Western Carbon Corp 1989 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)
1992 0
1991 1
1990 6 51,419
1989 11 7,281
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Homestead #2 sits in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Hopkins County, Kentucky · Population 45,143
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,610
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 6 incidents

September 24, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Carbon Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP BAG OF LIME AND WAS DUMPING IT INTO THE PIT. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE SHOOK HALF FULL BAG TO EMPTY IT.

August 1, 1990 KY · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Western Carbon Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAD OPENED MAIN VALVE ON ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TANK. END OF HOSE WAS IN MUD. PRESSURE BUILT UP IN HOSE AND BLEW OFF SECONDARY VALVE ON HOSE CAUSING ANHYDROUS TO LEAK INTO THE AIR.

May 25, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Western Carbon Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL RIDING IN BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK ON WAY TO DREDGE.TRUCK HIT A BUMP AND EMPL WAS BOUNCED ONTO SOME TOOLS.

April 25, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Western Carbon Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL AT WASHPLANT AND HIT HEAD ON DOOR OF COAL DRYER.

March 12, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Western Carbon Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WORKING IN SLURRY POND,STEPPED ON OBJECT THAT CUT/PUNCTURED LEFT FOOT.

March 1, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Carbon Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CAPRA DREDGE AND SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE FELL HITTING UPPER LEFT ARM ON SPONSON OF DREDGE.

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1989 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Carbon Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CABLES IN SLURRY EMP PULLING CABLES OUT OF SLURRY EMP PULLED ON CABLE STRINED MUSCLES ON R SIDE