Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

Venture Strip Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

West Ken Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Andalex Resources B V
Central City, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503845

Venture Strip Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Venture Strip Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Badgett Mine Stripping Corp 1971 to 1976
  2. Badgett Mine Stripping Corp 1977 to 1979
  3. West Ken Coal Corp 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 5
1984 7
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Venture Strip Mine sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1984 · 1 incident

January 19, 1984 KY · Coal security guard, watchman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Ken Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING INTO THE SHOP OFFICE TO START HIS SHIFT AS A NIGHT WATCHMAN HE WAS CARRYING HIS COAT AND PISTOL UNDER HGIS ARM AND AS HE WENT TO LAY THEM ONTHE DESK THE PISTOL SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE FLOOR THE PISTOL DISCHARGED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT LEG