Freeman Fuels Of Ky Inc · Accident type, without injuries
COAL BED FIRE BURNING FORM MANY YRS IN NO 3 EXPOSED ON SM PORTION OF HI WALL FORM APPROX 30 FT. SEAM NOT BEING MINED BY OPER. OPER DIRECTED TO REPORT BY MSHA.
Strip And Auger #1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Freeman Fuels Of Ky Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Freeman Daniel V
Virgie,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516506
MSHA record for Strip And Auger #1 (mine ID 1516506). 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
- 1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
Ownership history
- Freeman Fuels Of Ky Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Strip And Auger #1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.