Mining Incidents

Kelco No 10 Surface Coal

Bright Star Mining Inc · Surface
Spencer County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201666

MSHA record for Kelco No 10 Surface (mine ID 1201666). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Kelco Of Indiana Inc 1978 to 1979
  2. Bright Star Mining Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kelco No 10 Surface sits in Spencer County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Spencer County, Indiana · Population 19,871
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,890
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.