Mining Incidents

Mine No 31: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Mountain Clay Inc · Surface
Controlled by Williams Companies Inc
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512528

MSHA record for Mine No 31 (mine ID 1512528). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Clay Inc 1980 to 1985
  2. Mountain Clay Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 31 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
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

1985 · 1 incident

January 2, 1985 KY · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Clay Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE AIR INTAKE HOSE ON SHOVEL ENGINE BETWEEN THE TURBO AND AIR FILTER WHILE PUSHING AND TWISTING THE LINE INTO PLACE HE STRAINED HIS RT SHOULDER

1984 · 1 incident

December 20, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Clay Inc · Fall from machine

THE EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ABOARD THE TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL 5\ TO T HE GROUND.