Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bowlin W H
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512080

No 1 Surface has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. W H Bowlin Coal Company 1979 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)
1997 7 3,700
1996 7 16,234
1995 10 22,207
1994 13 28,026
1993 13 37,480
1992 14 56,288
1991 14 59,302
1990 22 80,573
1989 20 99,147
1988 17 82,816
1987 15 90,083
1986 14 83,092
1985 13 56,181
1984 21 94,528
1983 14 65,112
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Surface sits in Whitley 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 17, 1995 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE JUMPED DOWN FROM THE DRILL. HE THOUGHT HE HAD SPRAINED HIS FOOT. IT WAS HURTING THAT NIGHT, 3/17/95. WHEN HE GOT UP SATURDAY 3/18/95, HE COULDN'T WALK ON IT, BUT HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL SUNDAY 3/19/95. HE CHIPPED A BONE IN THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

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1993 · 1 incident

October 5, 1993 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE WAS GETTING INTO POWDER TRAILER TO LOALD BAGS OF POWDER & HIS FEET SLIPPED HE FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON SIDE OF TRAILER HE STATED HIS BACK HURT A LITTLE WHILE BUT HE DID NOT REPORT I T UNTIL APPROX 3 WKS LATER ON 10-05-93 HE HAS WORKED FULL TIME UNTIL HE REPORTED TO WORK ON MON 10-04-93 WITH A SLIP FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM DATED 10-03-93 STATING HE NEEDED TO GO TO A NEUROS

1988 · 1 incident

October 6, 1988 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
W H Bowlin Coal Company · Struck by flying object

HE WA> USING A DISK GRINDER TO GRIND A BAR ON A CAT DOZER WHEN FRAGMENTS OF STEEL WENT UP UNDER HELMET A SMALL FRAGMENT LODGED IN R. EYE.