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Howard County Coal Company Mine #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Alexander Robert F
Higbee, Howard County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301095

Howard County Coal Company Mine #1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. H & H Supply Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Howard County Coal Company 1978 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)
1985 0
1984 38 112,371
1983 28 66,466
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Howard County Coal Company Mine #1 sits in Howard County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Howard County, Missouri · Population 10,141
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,628
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

April 5, 1984 MO · Coal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Howard County Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING BARRELS IN LOADER BUCKET AND GETTING LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BARRELS & LOADER BUCKET. LEFT HAND HAS DEEP CUTS ON MIDDLE FINGER, RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER.

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1983 · 1 incident