New Big Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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Jellico: 2 reportable incidents Coal
New Big Creek Mining Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Stanley Finley; Larry Finley
Artemus,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512435
MSHA record for Jellico (mine ID 1512435). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1987
- Latest incident
- Sep 1987
Ownership history
- New Big Creek Mining Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Jellico sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1987 · 2 incidents
New Big Creek Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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