Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Cooper William L
Slemp, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503587

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1503587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Leemike Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

November 11, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATES3HIS ROCK TRUCK ENGINE DIED EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM TRUCK FALL INJURED EMPLOYEE

August 12, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER THIS JARRED HIS BACK

1984 · 5 incidents

September 18, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HELPED MOVE AN AUGER, AFTER MOVE COMPLETED EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TIRE, TIRE MOVED HURTING EMPLOYEE\S FOOT.

August 29, 1984 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO SMOOTH SOME METAL EDGES PRIOR TO WELDING. METAL OBJECT WENT IN EYE.

August 14, 1984 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING TOP HANGER UP FAR BELT LLAY PINNER HELPER HAD HIS HAND ON COMPAM AND THE OPER MOVED THE ROOF BOLTER.

August 9, 1984 KY · Coal auger helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS POURING OIL IN A HYDRAULIC TANK ON A MODEL 1500 AUGER. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON AUGER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE AUGER FRAME

April 10, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A RADIATOR FROM A DOZER INJURED STRUCK HIS HAND ON THE RADIATOR CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

1983 · 1 incident

July 12, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY AN AIR COMPRESSOR AND ACCIDENTALLY LAID HIS HAND ON THE HOT MANIFOLD RESULTING IN SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT PALM