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Shop Branch Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Lodestar Energy Inc · Surface
Controlled by Iracoal Incorporated
Ivel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517928

Shop Branch Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1997.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Ownership history
  1. Lodestar Energy Inc 1997 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)
1999 0
1998 1 1,577
1997 33 120,452
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Shop Branch Mine sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1997 · 1 incident

June 23, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Lodestar Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN SHOT ROCK. HE ALLEGES HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT WHEN HE BACKED THE DOZER OVER A ROCK AND WAS SHAKEN. IT WAS NOT KNOW EE HAD SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF VACAT ION SCHEDULING.