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Surface #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Ranier Harry Hale
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513404

Surface #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. R & R Processing & Mining Corp 1982 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)
1983 30 246,676
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Surface #1 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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

1983 · 1 incident

March 25, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R & R Processing & Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

COAL MINER ON BREAK, WALKING ON FACE OF WORK AREA, SLIPPED AND FELL. INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER - DIAGNOSED AS DISLOCATED - INJURY REPAIRED WITHOUT SURGERY AT HAZARD HOSPITAL.