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Long Fork #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Royalton, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517512

MSHA record for Long Fork #1 (mine ID 1517512). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Nov 1995
Ownership history
  1. Manning Coal Corp 1994 to 1995
  2. Miller Brothers Coal Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Long Fork #1 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

3 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

November 18, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall from machine

APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM A 992C AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM THE LAST STEP AND FELL BACKWARD TO THE GROUND. HE FELL ON TO HIS LEFT ARM AND BACK.

September 19, 1995 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING DOWN DOOR ON STORAGE TRAILER &* PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

July 29, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AT 4:10 AM AT THE END OF 2ND SHIFT D-11 OPERATOR HAD DISMOUNTED #12 D-11 AND STARTED WALKING TO VEHICLE PARKING LOT. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK (APPROX. 2" X 6" X 5") CREELED HIS LEFT FOOT AND FELL DOWN. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HIS FOOT WAS SPRAINED AND REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME.