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Mine #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Robert M Keen
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515550

Mine #1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Minton Hickory Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 0
1987 12 11,287
1986 23 42,074
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine #1 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
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 file

1986 · 2 incidents

August 12, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Minton Hickory Coal Company · Struck by falling object

USING SLATE BAR3TO SCALE LOOSE ROCK.PIECE OF SLATE STRUCK ON SHOULDER.COMPLETED SHIFT RETURNED NEX DAY.DURING SHIFT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WASNT NEEDED.HOWEVER,SINCE HIS SHOULDER STILL SORE ,SENT TO HOSPIT5L FOR X-RAY.X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND HE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SCHEDULED WORK DAY 8-18-86.

May 30, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Minton Hickory Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT MAN WAS3OPERATING 3-WHEEL DRAG SCOOP. SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AND STRIKE HIS SHOULDER ON MINE ROOF, INJURY RESULTED IN A BRUISED SHOULDER WITH MILD SEPARAT ION, MAN IS SCH9DULED TO RETURN TO WORK IN ONE WEEK.