Mining Incidents

Jetson Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Addwest Mining Inc · Surface
Jetson, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517046

MSHA record for Jetson Mine (mine ID 1517046). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Addwest Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jetson Mine sits in Butler County, Kentucky, 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.
Butler County, Kentucky · Population 12,373
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,003
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 19, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Addwest Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN DUST LODGED IN EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 3-24-91.