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No 1 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Brashae Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Epling Don
Manton, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509926

No 1 Surface has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Mountaineer Resources Inc 1976 to 1978
  2. Mountaineer Resources Inc 1978 to 1983
  3. Grateside Coals Inc 1983 to 1987
  4. Brashae Coal Company 1987 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)
1988 0
1987 8 7,113
1986 12 64,141
1985 19 117,239
1984 16 100,031
1983 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Surface sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
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

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1987 KY · Coal security guard, watchman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grateside Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COAL WORKERS PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Grateside Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COAL WORKERS PN9UMOCONIOSIS

1985 · 1 incident

November 2, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Grateside Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE DONT KNOW OF3CONDITION CONTRIBUTING TO ILLNESS.WE HAVE LETTER FROM DR WHICH STATES ''PATIENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER MY CARE FOR SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORACES AND ALL EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME POINTS T IT BEING WORK 9ELATED''.