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No 9 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Madisonville, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1502157

No 9 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 6
1987 4
1986 3
1985 3
1984 4
1983 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 9 Mine sits in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Hopkins County, Kentucky · Population 45,143
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$57,610
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

June 21, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FROM REAR OF CO. SERVICE TRUCK AND HE HAD TO LIFT THE CYLINDER OVER THE TAIL GATE CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.