Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

D M V Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Reffett Virgil
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514018

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1514018). 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
1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. D M V Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D M V Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

T RIPPED AND FE5L OVER A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTOR WHILE MAKING A BELT MOVE

July 17, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D M V Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON CONV9YOR CHAIN ON MINER TO TAKE OUT SLACK HITTING WITH HAMMER SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF ENTERING ARM