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No 1 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Dorton Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Wright Peggy J-Gloria Jo
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513161

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1513161). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Dorton Coal Company Inc 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

4 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 5, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A BOLTING MACHINE. AS HE WAS DRILLING THE HOLE, APIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIS FACE RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE AND STRIKING HIS FOREARM RESULTING IN A3BROKEN BONE.

1985 · 2 incidents

November 6, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STANDING NEAR BY AND WAS HIT WHEN A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF ANOTHER WORKERS HAND

May 5, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dorton Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

OCCURED 120\ OUTBY THE FACE BETWEEN #2 + 3 ENTRYTHE FALL OCCURED ON THE WEEKEND SAT OR SUN. NO MINER WAS IN THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE ROOF FALL.

1984 · 1 incident