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Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Diamond S Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Smith Raymond
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516043

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1516043). 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
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. N & S Coal Inc 1987 to 1987
  2. Diamond S Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 18, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Diamond S Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURIED MINER WAS DRIVING PANB FIRST INTO DRUMP STATION, WHEN INJURED MINER'S NONE STIRRING HAND ACCIDENTALLY WAS PLACED BETWEEN TRACTOR AND SCOOP PAN. THIS ACTION RESULTED IN THE MASHING AND BRAKING OF THE DISTAL TIP OF THE INDEX FINGER. THISIS THE ONLY INJURIED PART OF THE BODY.