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No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Recovery Inc · Underground
Controlled by Pat R Childers
Hellier, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515755

No 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. T M Coal Company 1986 to 1992
  2. Coal Recovery Inc 1992 to present
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)
1992 0
1991 2 1,948
1990 13 44,152
1989 13 79,628
1988 8 23,607
1987 5 23,104
1986 4 1,600
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

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 26, 1989 KY · Coal ENTRAPMENT
T M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CUTTING MACHINE IN THE NUMBER 5 HEADING. AS HE BEGAN HIS SECOND CUT, THE ROOF STARTED COMING IN. HE WENT TOT HE FRONT OF THE CUTTING MACHINE WHERE HE WAS TRAPPED BY THE FALL. THE BOSS, HEARD THE FALL AND SUMMONED THE STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

February 17, 1989 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
T M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND AS THE SCOOP ARTICULATED, THE VICTIM LEFT HAND WAS PLACED INADVERTQNTLY IN THE PINCH POINT AREA AND THE 2 AND 3 FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND WERE PINCHED CAUSING A MPUTATION AT THE LAST JOINT DISTAL TO THE HAND INFORMATION FROM VICTIM ABOUT INJURY.