Mining Incidents

Madco Coal #1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Madco Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Huffman James
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515811

MSHA record for Madco Coal #1 (mine ID 1515811). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Mingo Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  2. Jellico Creek Mining 1987 to 1989
  3. Madco Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Madco Coal #1 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 26, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

ROCK FELL FROM 2IGHWALL ONTO THE STEEL BEAM OF TEMPORARY CANOPY AND ROCK AND BEAM FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 7 incidents

August 19, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BLOCKING 6P A BOLT DRIFT MOUTH, A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 11, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUT A CHISEL TO3A BEARING TO REMOVE IT AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE

June 6, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING M3NE JEEP DIRT AND PARTICLES FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN FACE SOME WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND A SMALL PARTICLE IMBEDDED IN EYE

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING A LARGE 9OCK OFF A MINE SCOOP WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON RIGHT SIDE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED EARLIER BECAUSE THIS EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL THAT DAY AND THEN DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WO9K FOR A WEEK NO ONE KNOW HE HAD HURT HIS BACK HE HAD TOLD NO ONE.

April 30, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING P5N ONTO MINE JEEP, HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND JEEP AND SMASHED- RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER.