Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Franklin J D
Providence, Webster County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509306

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1509306). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. Franklin Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Webster County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Webster County, Kentucky · Population 12,873
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,786
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

1984 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Franklin Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS FUELING UP THE DOZER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL HITTING HIS CHIN AND HEAD

November 7, 1984 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Franklin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A 50 LB BAG OF AMMONIA NITRATE AND THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1983 · 3 incidents

September 9, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Franklin Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE RAN OFF OF THE ROAD AND THEN INTO A DITCH.

July 16, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Franklin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON THE LOADER

July 5, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Franklin Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRIVING THE UKE TRUCK AND SOMETHING CAME IN THE WINDOW AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE