No 5: 5 reportable incidents Coal

High Ridge Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Earl Lawson; Bobby Lawson

Honaker, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1517259

MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1517259). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 1992–1993
Latest incident: Feb 1993

Ownership history

Elrono Mining Inc 1992 to 1993
Elrono Mining Inc 1993 to 1994
Tram Coal Company Inc 1994 to 1995
High Ridge Coal Company Inc 1995 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.

Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342

4.4%

Mining share of county employment

$41,582

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.