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Silver Bullet: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Embry Royce
Dunbar, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510474

Silver Bullet has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. W W Coal Company 1977 to 1985
  2. Dunbar Coal Company Inc 1985 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)
1986 3 11,418
1985 14 76,729
1984 17 125,914
1983 15 81,143
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Silver Bullet 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

1985 · 1 incident

November 7, 1985 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL MAN WAS OPERATING DRILL DRILLING THROUGH HARD ROCK ENCOUNTER HEAVY DRILL BVIBRATION WHICH LOOSENED MAIN AIR LINE GOING INTO DRILL BIT THE HOSE LEAD (METAL) HIT OPERATOR ON THE HEAD RESU 20 STITCHES ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD