Sunshine Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK HAD FELL OUT FROM AROUND ROOF BOLTS RENDERING THEM USELESS. SET TIMBERS, BUT TOO LATE. HAD ROCK FALL APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. X 20 FT.
No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1512506). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Apr 1983
Ownership history
- Sunshine Coal Company 1980 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
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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 file1983 · 2 incidents
Sunshine Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
FAULT LINE IN ROOF AND WE DROVE HEADING ALONG FAULT LINE ROOF IS APPROX 40FT LONG 6FT THICK 10FT WIDE NO IMPAIRMENT OR DAMAGE