Mining Incidents

Trojan #3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Trojan Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smith Robert G
Topmost, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1502290

MSHA record for Trojan #3 (mine ID 1502290). 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
1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Incoal Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Trojan Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Trojan #3 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

1985 · 1 incident

February 25, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Trojan Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING SCOOP HE HIT THE RIB THROWING HIM AGAINST THE SIDE OF SCOOP INJURING HIS RIGHT SIDE.