Mining Incidents

Horse Creek Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Dakota Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Campbell Donald
Lafollette, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000269

MSHA record for Horse Creek Mine (mine ID 4000269). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Horse Creek Coal Company 1950 to 1994
  2. Samoth Inc 1994 to 1996
  3. Dakota Coal Corp 1996 to present
  4. Indigo Coal Company 1997 to 1998
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Horse Creek Mine sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

March 29, 1993 TN · Coal INUNDATION
Horse Creek Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

EXCESSIVE RAIN AND SNOW CAUSED OVER FLOW OF WATER, ROT OF OLD WORKS, BLOCKED THE TRAVELWAY TO THE WORKING SECTION.

1988 · 1 incident

January 6, 1988 TN · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator MACHINERY
Horse Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE MOTOR ARMAT6R WAS BEING HOISTED DOWN IN THE MOTOR WHEN INJURED PERSONS HANDS AND FINGERS BECAME CAUGHT