Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Topper Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Fields Larry
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514528

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1514528). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Topper Coal Company Inc 1984 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 4, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Topper Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER MAN CUTTI3G & FINISHED FINAL CUT WAS PUSHING UP LOOSE COAL OR ROCK WHEDN DRAW ROCK FELL ON MINER & OPERATOR