Mining Incidents

Mine #1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Top Fuel Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smallwood Rodney
Raccoon, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517501

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1517501). 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
1994–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Top Fuel Coal Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #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

1995 · 3 incidents

May 22, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Top Fuel Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE FILLED A BAG OF ROCK DUST OFF TOP SCOOP BATTERIES & WENT DOWN HOLDING HIS BACK.

April 3, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Top Fuel Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS TALKING TO FELL EE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET HIS BATTERY SLIGHT HE FELL OVER A PIECE OF METAL LAYING IN THE FLOOR. LANDING ON HIS ELBOW AND HIP.

February 28, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Top Fuel Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER MAN WAS SITTING ON A PLASTER BUCKET CUTTING A CAR OF COAL, WHEN RIB FELL OFF AND HIT HIM ON LOWER PART OF BACK AND HE JERKED FORWARD.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Top Fuel Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MINER HELPER HAD BACK TURNED TO RAMCAR'S HANGING CURTAIN.

March 15, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Top Fuel Coal Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE INJURED WAS MAKING A SERIES OF TESTS INSIDE THE CONTROL PANEL FO TH CONTINUOUS MINER. HE FAILED TO DE-ENERGIZE AND LOCK OUT HTE POWER SUPPLY, WHICH RESULTED IN A ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND BUR N TOT HE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.