Mining Incidents

Yellow Creek Mine Coal

Tdc Inc · Surface
Controlled by Green David F
Lewisport, Hancock County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512375

MSHA record for Yellow Creek Mine (mine ID 1512375). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Jiward Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1985
  2. Hoke Company Inc 1985 to 1991
  3. Tdc Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Yellow Creek Mine sits in Hancock County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hancock County, Kentucky · Population 9,032
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,836
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.