Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

S & D Coal · Underground
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514155

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1514155). 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
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Mingo Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1988
  2. S & D Coal 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 30, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS DRIVING A JEEP AND IT BOUNDE CED HIM UP AGAINST THE ROOF AND HIT HIS BACK

1985 · 1 incident

April 30, 1985 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED RIDING ON TOP OF THE CRIB BLOCK IN TH E SCOOP AFTER BEING TOLD BY FOREMAN,I.NAME, NOT TO WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE ROOF. OTHERS WERE UNABLE TO REMOVEW ANY OF THE CRIB BLOCKS TO FRE E HIM SO THRY HAD TO BACK THE SCOOP UP IN ORDER TO FREE HIM.. .