No 3 Prep Plant Coal
Apache Mining Company
· Facility
Controlled by
El Paso Energy Corp
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1506347
MSHA record for No 3 Prep Plant (mine ID 1506347). 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
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Ownership history
- New Virgie Coals Inc 1950 to 1974
- Apache Mining Company 1974 to 1978
- Apache Mining Company 1978 to 1980
- Apache Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 3 Prep Plant sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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.