Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Tabco Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Hamilton Gary D
Weeksbury, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514229

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1514229). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Noreland Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  2. Dixie Lee Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  3. Bren'S Mining Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  4. H & G Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1986
  5. Tabco Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  6. Tabco Coal Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 18, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · ELECTRICAL
H & G Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

FATAL ELECTRICA5 WHILE REPAIRING SECTION POWER CENTER

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1984 · 1 incident

August 8, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dixie Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

GOING INTO A ROLL AND DRAW ROCK AND A PIECE FALL BETWEEN THE JACKS.

1983 · 1 incident

September 29, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Noreland Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

LINEMAN WAS WORKING NEAR A MAN THAT WAS USING AN ELECTRIC WELDER & THE FLASH CAUSED FLASH-BURNS TO HIS EYES.