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No 1 Strip & Auger: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Coleman James A
Flat Gap, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514058

MSHA record for No 1 Strip & Auger (mine ID 1514058). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Block Coal Inc 1983 to 1983
  2. Best Elkhorn Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Strip & Auger sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

November 1, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Best Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ASSISTING AUGER CREW IN LIFTING A VALVE OVERHEAD AUGER MR MEADE LOST BALANCE VALVE FELL ON HIS HAND AND A FRACTURE WAS THE RESULT