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Old Circle M-50: 1 reportable incident Coal

Hamilton Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hamilton J Byron
East Mcdowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1504311

Old Circle M-50 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Hamilton Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
  2. Newsome Coal Company 1980 to 1983
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1987 1 1,353
1986 3 9,155
1985 7 35,170
1984 8 40,188
1983 7 24,683
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Old Circle M-50 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

June 4, 1985 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hamilton Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE ELKHORN ENGINEERS INTERED THE SECTION AND PROCEEDED TO SET SPADS IN THE NO. 1 HEADING WITHOUT TELLING THE FOREMAN, DRILLMAN, OR THE SHOT FIRE THAT THEY WERE ON THE SECTION. NO. 1 HEADING WAS TAMPED AND READY TO SHOOT. SHOT FIRE CAME OVER IN NO. 2 HEADING AND HOLLARD FIRE 4 TIMES THEN SHOT, ENGINEERS WERE 130 FEET BACK IN NO. 1 AND ONE MAN GOT HIT. WE DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE I