Mining Incidents

No 1: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hobart Anderson
Jamboree, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516034

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516034). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. Jesse Branch Coal Company 1987 to 1987
  2. A A & W Coals Inc 1987 to 1994
  3. Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

8 on file

1995 · 4 incidents

July 19, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJURED WAS CLEANING UP A BOOM HOLE WITH A SCOOP LOADER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A ROCK WITH THE SCOOP BUCKET THE ROCK ROLLED BACK ON THE OPERATOR WHEN IT BROKE FREE THIS IS A DEGREE 3 CL ASSIFICATION 5 INJURY

May 29, 1995 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD COMPLETED CHARGING A HOLE ON THE RT RIB& ROLLED TO THE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE HEADINGT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT LEG INJURED COMPLETED THE SHIFT & WORKED FOLLOWING DAY 05-30-95 APPLIED HEAT ON 05-31-95 WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM ON 06B-01-95 & RETURNED TO WORK ON 06-05-95THIS IS A DEGREE 3 CLASSIFICATION 20 ACCIDENT

May 22, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANDLING MATERIAL IN A CRAMPED KNEELING POSITION, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK, THIS IS A DEGREE 3, CLASSIFICATION 9 HANDLING MATERIAL ACCIDENT.

January 10, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHOVELING WET COAL AND MUD FROM UNDER THE FINE COAL BELT OF THE SURFACE TIPPLE. THIS IS A DEGREE 3, CLASSIFICATION 09 HANDLING MATERIAL.

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

October 8, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
A A & W Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAIL PULLEY OF #4 CONVEYOR BELT WAS BEING CLEANED MANUALLY WHILE BELT WAS IN MOTION A LOOSE PORTION OF BELT BECAME ENTANGLED IN TAIL PRECP EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELT FROM TAILPIECE BY CUTTING AWAY SMALL STRINGS AT ENTANGLED BELT BY HAIVNG BELT STARTED THEN STOPPED LEFT ARM OF EMPLOYEE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & TAIL PULLEY RESULTING IN ARM AMPUTATION APPROX 3IN BELOW ELBOW

1992 · 1 incident

January 1, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A A & W Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

55061S REMOVING ROCK FROM TAILPIECE ROCK FLIPPED UP AND PINNED FINGER AGAINST TOP.

1988 · 1 incident