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No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Bronco Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jerry Brock
Wallins, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515257

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1515257). 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
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Bronco Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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

April 7, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bronco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP WAS UNLOA8ING COAL AT DUMPING POINT. THERE WAS A LARGE ROCK IN SCOOP. HE PULLED ROCK OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET LETTING IT FALL ON HIS HAND. ROCK CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST BOTTOM. HIS MIDDLE FIN GER ON LEFT HAN8 WAS BROKEN.

1985 · 1 incident

July 29, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bronco Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS TRAMING BOLTEN, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CONDITIONS SLIDING UNDER TRAY CATCHING HIS FOOT.