Mining Incidents

River Venture: 1 reportable incident Coal

E R Trucking Company Inc · Surface
White Plains, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513167

MSHA record for River Venture (mine ID 1513167). 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
1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. River Venture Company 1981 to 1987
  2. E R Trucking Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

River Venture 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

1984 · 1 incident

February 12, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Venture Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE TONGUE OF A 6IN TRAILER MOUNTED WATER PUMP (APPROX) 100LB PROBABLE RUPTURE