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St Williams Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Jasper & Jasper Coal Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jasper Clyde
Knottsville, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514589

MSHA record for St Williams Mine (mine ID 1514589). 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
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Southwind Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1986
  2. Jasper & Jasper Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

St Williams Mine sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
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

September 18, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Southwind Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WA DRIVING LOADED BACKSDUMP UP A RAMP LEADING OUT OF PIT. ENGINE OF TRUCK DIED, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-START THE ENGINE, HE LOST AIR PRESSURE FROM TH BRAKES CAUSING THE TRUCK BRAKES T O STOP FUNCTIONING. THE TRUCK START ROLLING BACKWARD DOWN THE RAMP. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK. AFTER CHECKING TRUCK AFTER THE ACCIDENT. IT WAS FOUND TO BE OUT TO FUEL/THIS BEING THE RE