CUTTING MACHINE CUT INTO OLD WORKS OF ADJACENT MINE RUNNING PARALLEL WITH PROJECTIONS OF ACTIVE MINE NO PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH WATER GAS ETC MACHINE OPERATOR DID NOT REPORT CONDITION TO I N AME COOWNER SUPT MINE CLOSED UNTIL AREA SEALED
Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
S & H Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Hall Terry R
Mcdowell,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512546
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1512546). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Jun 1989
Ownership history
- N A M Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1982
- P I A Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1986
- Mc Pike Energy Inc 1986 to 1988
- Amba Energy 1988 to 1992
- S & H Coal Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
2 on file1989 · 1 incident
Amba Energy · Accident type, without injuries
1983 · 1 incident
P I A Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LEFT THE UNDERGROUND SHOP RETURNING TO THE FACE AREA AFTER CHANGING BATTIERS THE SCOOP STOPPED THE OPERATOR CHECKED THE BELLS AND HIS BODY CAME IN CONTACT WITH PART OF T HE MOTION PEDDLE OF THE SCOOP AT THIS POINT THE ACCIDENT