Mining Incidents

May 1 Tipple: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Mac Inc · Facility
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Eastern, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510296

MSHA record for May 1 Tipple (mine ID 1510296). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. May Enterprise 1977 to 1981
  2. Jaco Mining Company Inc 1981 to 1989
  3. Coal Mac Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

May 1 Tipple 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

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

November 17, 1990 KY · Coal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Mac Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A COAL SAMPLE BAG WHEN HE ALLEGED THAT HE HURT LOWER PORTION OF BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK ON 11/23, 11/24, AND ON 11/28. ON 11/29 WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR DISC SURGE RY ON 11/30/90.

1989 · 1 incident

July 17, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK SHOVELING ETC WHILE SHOVLEING MEPL ALLEGED THAT HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK ON 7/17/89 HE REPORT TO DR FOR EXAM HE CAME BACK TO WORK BUT ON 8/14/89 PAIN GREW W ORSE EMPL REPORTED BACK TO DR SIMILIAR INJURY OCCURRED ON 5/4/88 WITH NO LOST WORK DAYS ON 8/14/89 EMPL WAS REQUESTED BY DR TO TAKE 3 WEEKS OFF

1987 · 1 incident

May 11, 1987 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 5-11-87 I.NA4E TIGHTENED UP AND BECAME PAINFUL AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOVELING AROUND TIPPLE AREA. THE PAIN GREW WORSE DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND BY 5120 HE FINALLY GAVE UP AND REQUESTED AN APPOINTMENT BE 4ADE WITH DR

1984 · 1 incident

February 2, 1984 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO CLOSE BOTTOM HOPPER DOOR N AN EMPTY RAILROAD CAR-AS HE PRYED WITH BAR-IT (THE BAR) SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SHIFT HIS WEIGHT ONTO RT FOOT-THIS RT FOOT SL IPPED IN LOOSE MATERIAL (GRAVEL) ALONG TRACK & BROKE EMPLOYEES ANKLE