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Yellow Creek: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Rickey S Winn
Beech Grove, Mclean County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517468

Yellow Creek has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Ownership history
  1. Rickey S Winn Construction 1993 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)
1995 0
1994 13 71,405
1993 4 3,062
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Yellow Creek sits in McLean County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
McLean County, Kentucky · Population 9,127
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,549
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

April 5, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Rickey S Winn Construction · Struck against stationary object

WAS WORKING ON THE DRILL HE BROUGHT HIS HAND DOWN AND CUT IT ON A PIECE OF METAL.