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No 1-A: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Bandits Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Blankenship Ralph
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512278

No 1-A has had 1 fatality among 6 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Biggs Branch Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1981
  2. R & S Coal Company 1981 to 1985
  3. Bandits Coal Company 1985 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)
1988 0
1987 0
1986 14 44,562
1985 4 3,655
1984 17 916
1983 11 20,438
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1-A 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 4, 1983 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & S Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ROCKFALL RESULTING IN DEATH-ROCKFALL WITHIN SUPPORTED AREA.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1986 · 4 incidents

October 7, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandits Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STARTED TO 1UT GUARD BACK OVER SHER-HUB ON FEEDER WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK

July 28, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandits Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON BELT AND HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 25, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bandits Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE PUT TO3MUCH UP PRESSURE ON PINNER HEAD CAUSING PINNER STEEL TO BREAK HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT WRIST.

1984 · 1 incident

March 31, 1984 KY · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
R & S Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RESPIRATORY DISEASE