Brush Creek Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROF FALL #2 ENTRY 8 BREAKER OUTBY FACE AREA
Mine #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1509556). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Jul 1983
Ownership history
- Ball Branch Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1981
- Brush Creek Coal Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #1 sits in Knott 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.Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1983 · 2 incidents
Brush Creek Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY OUTBY FACE 5 BREAKS