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No 1 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

W G S Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Capps David
Coalgood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516773

No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. New Horizons Coal Inc 1989 to 1993
  2. Sky Coal Company Inc 1993 to 1993
  3. W G S Coal Company Inc 1993 to 1994
  4. W G S Coal Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1996 0
1995 0
1994 12 29,881
1993 2 7,047
1992 0
1991 3 1,315
1990 0
1989 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 19, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W G S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PUMP OUT OF WATER.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
New Horizons Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPNG DRILL AUGER STEEL THROUGH A THICK CROSS COLLAR AND WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL DOWN WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT HAND.

August 29, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Horizons Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED "THAT I HAD A CHEATER PIEP ON A BINDER AND WAS LOOSENING BINDER ON POWER CENTER THAT WAS ON TOP OF MINER ON A LOW BOY TRAILOR. I LET PRESSURE OFF OF PIPE TO TAKE IT OFF BINDER WHEN IT FLIPPED STRIKING ME ON LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD."