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Old Peabody Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Perry Bryan
Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515754

MSHA record for Old Peabody Mine #1 (mine ID 1515754). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Bryan Perry Enterprises Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Old Peabody Mine #1 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 warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bryan Perry Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

BELT RAN OFF CENTER CAUSING SPILLAGE ONTO BOTTOM BELT. MAN ATTEMPTED TO RAKE COAL OFF BOTTOM BELT WITH HAND WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING. HAND AND ARM WAS CAUGHT IN BELT CAUSING CRUSHIN INJURY TO RIGHT HAND, ARM - ONLY 1 SMALL BROKEN BONE - PROGNOSIS GOOD.