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Elkhorn No 1 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Blair Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Blair Ernest
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516937

Elkhorn No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992–1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Blair Coal Company Inc 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)
1997 0
1996 2 2,471
1995 4 7,325
1994 14 82,937
1993 17 75,454
1992 16 93,842
1991 15 91,263
1990 8 8,136
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Elkhorn No 1 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

4 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

September 7, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING SUPPLY CAR AND HURT HIS BACK. THIS ALLEDGED ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY 9-8-94 AT 8:40 AM.

July 29, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENACE ON CONT. MINING MACHINE WHEN HE PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

1992 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURRED REPORTED THAT HE HIT HIS BACK WHILE WATERING THE TRAVELWAY IN THE ELKHORN NO.1 MINE AT 9:50 AM. HE SIAD THAT THE WATER TANK CAUGHT THE TOP AND SGTOPPED THE MOTOR THAT HE WAS RUNNING AND TWISTED HIS BACK

January 27, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

AT APPROX 10:30AM I NAME CLAIMED HIED HIT HIS HEAD ON MINE ROOF WHILE RIDING A SCOOP HE CLAIMS THE TIRE OF THE SCOOP BOUNCED HIM AGTAINST MINE ROOF AFTER STRIKING A ROCK IN THE TRAVELWAY I NAM E FINISHED SHIFT & WORKED 30 MINUTES OVERTIME ONTHE DRIVE HOME HE TOLD THE FOREMAN THAT HE HAD A CROOK IN HIS NECK HE NEVER AT ANY TIME R EPORTED AN INJURY T O ANYONE NEXT MORNING HIS WIDE SA