Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

T A G Coal Corp · Surface
Shelbiana, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513976

No 1 Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. T A G Coal Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1983 27
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Surface Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 23, 1983 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T A G Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STGATES HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LOADING HOLES FOR A SHOT