Mining Incidents

No 1: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Dayco Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Daniels Kevin
Grethel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514296

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1514296). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Mitch Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1987
  2. Dayco Coal Company Inc 1987 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1991 · 7 incidents

August 8, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN LOW COAL & EMPL'S LEG HIT ROOF BOLT & CUT LEG NEAR KNEE.

June 20, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Dayco Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOTFIRE SHOT #7 BREAK TO #8 SCOOP DRIVER WAS TWO BREAKS DOWN IN #8. BLAST RESULTING IN EAR INJURY.

June 17, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT A LARGE BUMP AND THE JAR CAUSED BACK PAIN EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 06-24-91 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR POSSIBLE SURGERY.

April 22, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WORKED AS A ROCK,PICKER AND HAD TO DO LIFTING.

January 15, 1991 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROOF BOLT SNAGGED THE EMPLOYEE'S SHIRT AND PULLED HIM INTO A AWKWARD POSITION AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 14, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 10, 1991 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A SCOOP AND HE RAISED UP TOO CLOSE TO THE ROOF AND HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.

1990 · 5 incidents

April 23, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 2 1/2 INCHES THICK 11 INCHES WIDE AND 3 FOOT LONG FELL OUT BETWEEN #1 BOLT AND ATRS SETUP FOR NEXT BOLT.

January 5, 1990 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER HE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF HAMMER FLEW OFF AND HIT IN EYE.

1989 · 1 incident

November 17, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Dayco Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS BACKING HIS MACHINE OUT OF #4 HEADING. WHEN HE GOT IN FRONT OF BREAK GOING TO #3, A SHOT WAS PUT OFF AND FORCE OF BLAST TRAVELED THROUGH A PREDRILLED HOLE AND HIT HIM IN BACK.