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Rebecca #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Paul E Roberts
Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512581

MSHA record for Rebecca #1 (mine ID 1512581). 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
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Hardwick Mining Corp 1980 to 1985
  2. Hardwick Mining Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rebecca #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

1986 · 1 incident

October 29, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hardwick Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RE7URNING FROM LUNCH BREAK, HAD CLIMBED LADDER ANDWAS ON CAT WALK OF HAUL TRUCK. AS HE REACHED FOR HANDLE, HE MISSED THE HANDLE, LOSET HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM CAT WALK TO GROUND