Mining Incidents

G-1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515912

MSHA record for G-1 (mine ID 1515912). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Blair Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1987
  2. Coal Dust Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. Coal Dust Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  4. Big Mountain Carbon Inc 1989 to 1990
  5. Black Gem Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1990
  6. Black Gem Coal Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

G-1 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

5 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

July 29, 1989 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Big Mountain Carbon Inc · Contact with electrical current

ALL THREE FUSES OF INCOMING 12470 VAC BLEW AT APPROX 8:45 AM. ALL THREE FUSE HOLDERS WAS REMOVED OMPLETELY & REFUSED. EMPL WAS INSPECTING DEENERGIZED SUB STATION TO TRY TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. L IGHTING ARRESTER WAS DISCOVERED WITH HOLE IN IT.EMPL PRECEEDED TO INSTALL ONE FUSE HOLDER & ENERGIZED ONE PHASE. HE THEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PHASE.

April 17, 1989 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Mountain Carbon Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A WOOD BLOCK UNDER A SECTION OF 8" STEEL BEAM WHEN HIS CO-WORKER WHO WAS LIFTING THE BEAM THROUGH HE HAD BLOCK IN PLACE HE LET GO OF THE LIFTING BAR, THU S DROPPING THE BEAM ON INJURED PERSON'S HAND.

March 22, 1989 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Coal Dust Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

I.NAME WAS PLUGGING AN ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE. ELECTRICITY ARCED AND BURNED I.NAME'S HAND.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Dust Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME STATED THAT HIS FOOT SLIPPED AS HE WAS CLIMBING ON A SCOOP CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HURT HIS BACK

August 20, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coal Dust Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 3FEET TO 5FEET IN THICKNESS 20' WIDE AND 36FEET LONG THE LEFT X-CUT OFF OF THE NUMBVER 2 ENTRY WAS CUT AND LEFT UNSUPPORTED OVER THE WEEK END ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAMIN ION AT 7 AM ON 8-22-88 NO EQUIPMENT EXT INVOLVED