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Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Deskins Jack D
Craynor, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513069

Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Ray Mac Coal Company 1981 to 1982
  2. Jaco Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1984
  3. Elkhorn Energies Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 0
1987 0
1986 2
1985 15 4,929
1984 13 94,539
1983 9 73,772
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 1 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

1986 · 1 incident

April 10, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Elkhorn Energies Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME HAD JUST3SET A FUEL TANK IN A NEW LOCATION AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAM HIS EXCAVATOR AROUND THE TANK I.NAME GOT THE MACHINE TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND IT TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE I.NAME RE CEIVED A BROKEN3COLLAR BONE ON RT SIDE

1984 · 1 incident

April 16, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EES LOADER WOULD NOT START WHILE WAITING FOR MECHANIC TO BOOST START HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BATTERY TERMINALS TO CLEAN THEM-THE WRENCH HE WAS USING GROUNDED TO FRAME POSITIVE TERMINAL THR U EES WEDDING RING THUS BURNING HIS HAND.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICE ROCK TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT AND SLIPPED ON WET BUMPER AND FELL TO GROUND

August 30, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaco Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CONNECTING ROAD GRADER TO WATER TANK HE PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN LATCH PIN AND DRAW BAR