Mining Incidents

Travis Creek Coal

Ruby Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Wendell Elza
Gray Hawk, Jackson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514481

Travis Creek has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
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Latest incident
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Ownership history
  1. Ruby Coal Company 1984 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)
1994 12 5,317
1993 7 43,645
1992 6 17,239
1991 4 19,567
1990 15 100,836
1989 16 169,522
1988 13 47,360
1987 14 113,516
1986 19 107,331
1985 21 143,866
1984 23 147,977
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Travis Creek sits in Jackson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Kentucky · Population 13,003
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,410
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.