Mining Incidents

#1 Surface: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Quesenberry Gerald
Travelers Rest, Owsley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512137

MSHA record for #1 Surface (mine ID 1512137). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ace Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Surface sits in Owsley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Owsley County, Kentucky · Population 4,021
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$31,064
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

1989 · 2 incidents

September 8, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TAKING SNAP RING OFF SHAFT PC OF METAL FLEW OFF LODGED IN R EYE

August 24, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND I NAME WAS WALKING UP A HILL TO GET HIS LOADER WHEN HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE HURT HIS LEG