Kannan Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS STEPPING ACROSS TAIL PIECE WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON TAILPIECE.
No 1 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1515608). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Dec 1990
Ownership history
- Kannan Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Mine sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1990 · 3 incidents
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HH WAS PICKING UP BELT ROLLER, IT GOT TWISTED SO HE JERKED IT AS HE STRAIGHTENED UP CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
HIT HOLE WHILE IN SCOOP HE BOUNCED UP AND TWISTED BACK
1989 · 2 incidents
October 11, 1989
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. A PLATE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS HAND AROUND THE BOLT.
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
THE INJURED WAS PULLING CABLE OFF THE CUTTER DRILL-ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING FACE DRILL UP BEHIND THE CUTTER AND THE TIRE RAN UP ON INJUREDS LEG.HE DID NOT GO OUT OF THE MINE.