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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Melissa Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Tackett Bobby
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516279

No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Kodiac Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1991
  2. Melissa Coal Company Inc 1991 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)
1991 24 43,901
1990 24 66,727
1989 20 54,295
1988 7 3,471
1987 13 9,760
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 13, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodiac Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MAN WAS PICKING ROCK AT TAILPIECE AND FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS BACK POSSIBLY HITTING A BLOCK OF COAL OR A PIECE OF ROCK.