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Provo: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Sargeant Barry
Dunbar, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517644

Provo has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Ownership history
  1. Eel River Resources Inc 1995 to present
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)
1997 0
1996 18 153,400
1995 17 169,580
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Provo sits in Butler County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Butler County, Kentucky · Population 12,373
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,003
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

1995 · 1 incident

October 24, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eel River Resources Inc · Fall from machine

CHANGING (REMOVING) ALTERNATOR FROM BLAST HOLE DRILL- SLIPPED OFF DRILL TRACK AND HIT GROUND SPRAINING ANKLE WHILE DISMOUNTING DRILL.