Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Rockhold, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510087

MSHA record for No 1 Strip (mine ID 1510087). 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
1987–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Daniel Bros Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Strip sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
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

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

February 10, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Daniel Bros Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOST CONTROL OF3BACK DUMP AND IT WENT INTO A DITCH AND IT TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. OPERATORS BACK HIT THE AIR CONDITIONER.