Knox County Pit #1 Coal
MSHA record for Knox County Pit #1 (mine ID 1201923). 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
- Union Mines Inc 1983 to 1984
- Freelandville Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1986
- Bicknell Minerals Inc 1986 to 1987
- Sidco Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Knox County Pit #1 sits in Knox County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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, Indiana · Population 36,108
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,863
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.