Mining Incidents

Stewart Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Hoke Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Charles Hoke; Anne Hoke
Beaver Dam, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513112

MSHA record for Stewart Mine (mine ID 1513112). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Hoke Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stewart Mine sits in Ohio County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ohio County, Kentucky · Population 23,704
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,369
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 28, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoke Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CHANGING B5ADES IN UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER OF EMPL RIGHT HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

July 7, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoke Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP 5 G5L CAN OF UB GREASE & STRAINED BACK.

1983 · 2 incidents

March 30, 1983 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Hoke Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CABLE GUIDE ON MAST OF HIGHWALL DRILL CAME LOOSE FALLING TO GROUND & STRUCK 2 MEN ON SHOULDER & HEAD.

March 30, 1983 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Hoke Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CABLE GUIDE ON MAST OF HIGHWALL DRILL CAME LOOSE FALLING TO GROUND & STRUCK 2 MEN ON SHOULDER & HEAD.