Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Red Hawk Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Beverly Ben
Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510508

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1510508). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky Heritage Coal Inc 1977 to 1981
  2. Red Hawk Coal Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine 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

1986 · 2 incidents

August 1, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Struck by powered moving object

I.NAME WAS WAT3CHING THE MINER CABLE AS THE MACHINE WAS BACKING UP AND THE MINER SWUNG AROUND STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACKSIDE

March 10, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

BOX OF BITS BE7AME LODGED AGINST FOOT PEDAL OF PERSONNEL TRANSPORTER CAUSING PEDAL TO STICK IN POINT TRANSPORTER STRUCK RIB CAUSING EE TO BE H%%*@ JARRED WHILE RIDING.

1985 · 3 incidents

April 18, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT WAS TRYING TO BEND A ROOF BOLT AND CLAIMS THAT HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST.

January 30, 1985 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING & CARRYING CRIB BLOCKS.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 30, 1984 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL BRINGING SCOOP OUTSIDE TO GET A LOAD OF SUPPLIES. SCOOP HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM AND HE WAS BOUNCED AGAINST TOP,INJURING HIS NECK.

March 14, 1984 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Red Hawk Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

MAN TRIP SLED WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS SECTION WHEN FRONT OF SLED DIPPED DOWN IN A RUT CAUSING REAR OF SLED TO KICK UP. EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVED AGAINST TOP RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.