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No 1 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Sunoco, Inc.
Chappell, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510685

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1510685). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Clover Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. Shamrock Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SPRAINED HIS L ANKLE WHEN GETTING OUT OF FUEL TRUCK AS HE STEPPED OF THE RUNNING BOARD ONTO THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE

January 21, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED MUSCLE I3 LEFT SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING AT A SPEED REDUCER BEING INSTALLED ON THE STACKER BELT EMPLOYEE DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT TIME OF INJURY

1984 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL HEATING DRILL BIT ON DRILL.HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW UP CAUSING OIL TO SPRAY ON TORCH.TORCH CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING SEVERE BURNS TO EMPL.

July 30, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PUSHING BRUSH, A TREE STUMP CAME OVER DOZER BLADE AND HIT HDYRALIC JACK BLOWING OILING WHEN OILING BLOWED IT ALLOWED HOT HYDRUALIC OIL TO SPRAY ON EMPLOYEE\S ARM AND FACE CAUSING SEVERE BURNS.