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Iron Horse: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Pittsburg, Crawford County, KS  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1401427

Iron Horse has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bills Coal Company Inc 1983 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)
1986 1
1985 26 80,332
1984 38 236,387
1983 17 49,392
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Iron Horse sits in Crawford County, Kansas, 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.
Crawford County, Kansas · Population 38,963
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$50,311
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

1985 · 1 incident

June 4, 1985 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PULLING ON A DRAG CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE GROUND WHICH WAS SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN AND FELL IN A DOZER TRACK.

1984 · 1 incident

July 23, 1984 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMANTLING DRAGLINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO T HE GROUND.