Tracy Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
INJURED INSTALLED ELECTRICAL BOX & WHEN HE ENERGIZED BOX IT BLEW UP
No 1: 5 reportable incidents Coal
Tracy Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Carl Kirk
Davella,
Martin County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514902
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1514902). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1985–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
Ownership history
- Tracy Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1988 · 2 incidents
Tracy Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON PANEL OF MINER STUCK SCREWDRIVER ON A CONTACTOR CAUSING ELECTRICAL FIRE
1986 · 1 incident
Tracy Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WAS TRAMMING MI3ER INTO RIB, RAN OVER CABLE AT ANCHOR. THIS CAUSED A FLASH AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO ARMS & SMOKE INHALATION.
1985 · 2 incidents
November 21, 1985
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tracy Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
EE WAS ON COAL3HAULAGE RD . RAISED BED ON COAL TRUCK TO CHECK DIFFERENTAIL. EE THEN CLIMBED BETWEEN BED & FRAME OF TRUCK. HE HEARD A NOISE & THOUGHT BED WAS FALLING ON HIM. HE JUMPED FROM TRUCK LANDING O3 RT ARM.
Tracy Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPL ASCENDING STEEP GRADE IN LOADED COAL TRUCK 1000\ FROM PORTAL.TRUCK ENGINE STALLED AND HE JUMPED FROM TRUCK SUSTAINED INJURY WHEN HE JUMPECD.