Mining Incidents

Jaco #1 Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by M Lynn Parrish
Drift, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513787

MSHA record for Jaco #1 Surface (mine ID 1513787). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Jaco Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jaco #1 Surface sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1985 · 1 incident

April 3, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL ADDING WATER TO RADIATOR OF LOADER HE WAS STANDING ON AND STEPS BUILT IN FRAME OF MACHINE WHEN HE FINISHED ADDING WATER HE TURNED TO DISMOUNT SLIPPED LOSING BALANCE AND FELL 6\ TO GROUND.

1984 · 1 incident

October 2, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRIVING SHANK ON LOADER BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SPLINTER OF METAL FLEW FROM HAMMER & STRUCK EE IN LEFT THIGH.

1983 · 3 incidents

August 29, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SPOIL FROM COAL PIT TO 1 HOLLOWFIRE WHEN EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO DUMP WHILE SPOTTER WAS GONE TEMPORARILY HE BACKED TRUCK OVER DUMP AT AN ANGLE RIGHT SIDEFIRT TRUCK OVERTURNE D APPROX 35FT BELOW DUMP POINT EMPLOYEE REMAINED IN TRUCK UNTIL IT CAME TO REST DRIVER WAS FOUND TO HAVE DRUGS VALIUM IN HIS POSSESSION HOSPITAL EXAM FOUND BROKEN LOWER BACK AND HE HAD HEART

May 28, 1983 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CHECKING SOURCE OF HYDRAULIC LEAK ON MACHINE WHEN HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST SPRAYING EMPL AND ENGINE WITH HOT OIL-AS OIL BURST INTO FLAMES FROM CONTACT WITH ENGINE,ATTEMPTED TO DISMOUNT-SLIPPED IN HYDRAULIC OIL FROM BURST HOSE AND FELL TO GROUND STRIKING ELBOW.

January 19, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORN WORK SHOES,FROZEN GROUND,TEMP IN LOW TEENS.EMPL STEPPED ON ARM OF DOZER SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON LEFT ARM AND WRIST. ...FALL CAUSED HAIRLINE CRACK IN BONE IN WRIST.