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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Blackrock Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Skeens Stanley
Aflex, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513433

No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sullivan Brothers Coal Company 1982 to 1985
  2. Blackrock Coal Company 1985 to present
  3. J N J Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
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)
1987 1
1986 14 36,381
1984 12 10,796
1983 10 49,786
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 31, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Blackrock Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVIN1 JAMMED ROCK FROM THE #2 BELTHEAD AT THE J N J MINE THE ROCK BE CAME FREE TO M OVE AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MINE ROOF, WITH THE FORCE OF THE BELTHEAD D RIVING AGAINST 7HE ROCK, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS INJURED