Price Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
MINER HELPER-MINER CABLE BLEW UP IN HIS FACE AND BURNT BOTH EYES.
No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1513622). 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
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Mar 1984
Ownership history
- Price Coal Company Inc 1982 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 file1984 · 2 incidents
Price Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
LOADING ROCK DUST INTO SCOOP-PILE UNLOADING FROM FELL OVER-CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET & ROCK DUST. BROKE-SMALL BONE IN FOOT-CHIPPED THE BIG BONE.