New Market Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PINS & ROOF BOLTS. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP PINS, WHEN HE ST RAIGHTENED AND TURNED AROUND HE ALLEDGELY TWISTED HIS KNEE
Rough Creek Underground: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for Rough Creek Underground (mine ID 1514073). 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
- Apr 1984
Ownership history
- New Market Coal Company 1983 to 1984
- New Market Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Rough Creek Underground sits in Webster County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Webster County, Kentucky · Population 12,873
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,786
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.