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Silverspar Minerals: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Plourde John J
Livingston County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517690

Silverspar Minerals has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Ownership history
  1. Silverspar Minerals Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 4
1995 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Silverspar Minerals sits in Livingston County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Livingston County, Kentucky · Population 8,941
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,713
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

1995 · 1 incident

October 26, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silverspar Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OFFICE WORKER WAS OPENING PACKAGE WITH SCISSORS WHEN THEY SLIPPED. RESULT WAS A CUT ON RIGHT RING FINGER THAT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE.