Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GOT OFF DRILL TO HANG CABLE WENT TO GET BACK ON DRILL SAID HIS BACK HURT
No 1 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
Nick'S Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Kendrick Lawrence
Grethel,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516344
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1516344). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1988–1993
- Latest incident
- Feb 1993
Ownership history
- Nick'S Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Mine sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file1993 · 1 incident
1992 · 1 incident
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WE DO NOT KNOW. NEVER REPORTED IT. OFF 5-5-92 AND REST OF WEEK. CALLED 5-10-92 AND TOLD FOREMAN HE STRAINED BACK GETTING OFF OF DRILL.
1991 · 4 incidents
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WE DO NOT KNOW MAN WAS HURT HE WORKED HIS SHIFT CAME OUT SIDE BROUGHT HIS SCOOP PUT FOREMAN AND WAS STANDING THERE HE NEVER TOLD US NOTHING WHAT WAS WRONG AND HAD BUDDY CALLED 9-2-91. SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
July 12, 1991
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DONT KNOW WAS NOT REPORTED TO FOREMAN I WAS CALLED FROM MEDOWELL HOSPTIAL ABOUT 900 AM ON 7-15-91 FOR INSURANCE CARRIED.
May 31, 1991
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS HELPING MAKE SPLICE ON CABLE & WAS STRIKING THUMPER. HAMMER SLIPPED OFF OF THUMPER HIT FINGER.
February 26, 1991
KY · Coal
cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
CUTTING MACHINE BACKING OUT OF #9 HEADING THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE CLEAR & SHOT FIRER SHOT #8 BREAK & ONE HOLD BLOW TOREN SCATTERING FINE COAL ON CUTTER MAN
1990 · 1 incident
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded
EE HAD BEEN LIFTING AND TWISTING ON SOME EQUIPMENT AND ALSO HAD BEEN CRAWLING IN A MINE A FEW DAYS PRIOR. ON 3-23-90 THE RIGHT KNEE BEGTAN TO SWELL THE DR ALLEDGE THAT EE HAD COAL MINERS KNEE.
1989 · 2 incidents
August 3, 1989
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CHANGING ROLLER ON BELT DRIVE,PULL PIN OUT GOT GHAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME.
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
HAD A ROOF FALL ON INTAKE HE WALKED UP TO FALL TO LOOK AT IT HIT HIS BACK ON ROOF BOLT 5 HOOK BOLT PIECE OF ROCK ON BOLT FELL ON HIM.
1988 · 1 incident
Nick'S Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WORKING ON BELT ENTRY SMALL ROCK FELL AROUND THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON SHOULDERS.