United Fuels Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED B9CAUSE THERE WERE 2 MUD SEAMS THAT INTERSECTED IN INTERSECTION.AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND NO MINING IS BEING DONE IN THIS AREA NOW.
No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
United Fuels Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Dennis Allen Ramey
Meta,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512096
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1512096). 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
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- Oct 1987
Ownership history
- Triple Jr Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1987
- Sharp Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1987
- United Fuels Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 1 incident
Triple Jr Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE TAKING OF0 THE LID TO PNEL BOARD THE LID FELL ON A FINGER