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Spruce Pine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Rifle Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Randolph Frederick
Foraker, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516886

Spruce Pine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Rifle Coal Company 1990 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)
1991 16 24,200
1990 30 112,856
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Spruce Pine sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
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

1991 · 1 incident

June 26, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rifle Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUT TING BLADE ON A DOZER THE EQUALIZER BAR SLIPPED & FELL ONTO HIS RT FOOT

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1990 · 1 incident

July 17, 1990 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CHECKING STEERING LEAK ON ROCK TRUCK.STEPPED BETWEEN TIRE AND FRAME UNKNOWN TO OTHER EMPL.ANOTHER EMPL GOT IN TRUCK AND BEGAN CUTTING WHEEL TO FIND LEAK.EMPL WAS TRAPPED AND CRUSHED BETWE EN TIRE AND FRAME.