Wagon Fork Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
HAULING COAL WITH JEEP & CARS HIT BIG BLOCK OF COAL IN LOW COAL THREW AGAINST LOW SPOT IN ROOF.
No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1512049). 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
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Jun 1985
Ownership history
- Ironwood Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1980
- H C Coal Company 1980 to 1984
- Wagon Fork Coal Company 1984 to 1987
- Brock Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1985 · 2 incidents
Wagon Fork Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object