Topmost Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 4 ENTRY BLET LINE 13 BRAKES INBY 3 BELT HEAD 36 HIGH 70 FT LONG 18FTWIDE.
#1 Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #1 Mine (mine ID 1515385). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1987–1989
- Latest incident
- Apr 1989
Ownership history
- G S & M Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1987
- G S & M Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
- Topmost Coal Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#1 Mine sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
9 on file1989 · 2 incidents
Topmost Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY, 3 BREAKS OUTBY FACE THE FALL IS 50 FEET LONG, AND 30 FEET THICK.
1988 · 5 incidents
Topmost Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY. THE FALL IS APPROX. 18' LONG AND APPROX. 36" HIGH THICK.
Topmost Coal Inc · Struck by flying object
SCOOP UP IN 3 HDG. BREAK GOING FORM 3-4 ONE HOLE SHOOT OOPEN SCOOP WAS COMING OUT OF HDG. SEPS TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THIS WOULDNT HAPPEN AGAIN.. NEVER SHOOT UNTIL SHOOTING MAN KNOWS WHERE SCOOP S ARE AND ALL OTHER MEN.
Topmost Coal Inc · Struck by flying object
SCOOP WAS TRAVLING OUTSIDE BOARD ON ROADWAY FLEW UP AND CAUGHT HIS LEGS
G S & M Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL IN 2 ENTRY APP 45 FT LONG 3 FT OR MORE THICK.
G S & M Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL IN 4 ENTRY ON BELTLINE APPROX. 50 FT LONG 20 WIDE.
1987 · 2 incidents
G S & M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING COAL DR3LL WHILE DRILL WAS HUNG UN HOLE TRYING TO FREE STEM.
March 16, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
G S & M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE BACKING T2E BOLTER OUT OF #2 ENTRY THE OPERATOR HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE BOLTER POT AND CAUGHT IT AGAINST THE TOP WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FRACTURED FINGER