Mining Incidents

Wolf Creek No 5: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Brown Douglas E
Sturgis, Union County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513805

MSHA record for Wolf Creek No 5 (mine ID 1513805). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wolf Creek Mining Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wolf Creek No 5 sits in Union County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Union County, Kentucky · Population 13,379
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$60,989
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 27, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOOT SLIPPED ON TRACK PAD WHILE FUELING DOZER GRABBED HYDRAULIC HOSE GOIND TO RIPPER TO BREAK FALL FELL 24IN TO 36IN LANDED ON FEET