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No 1 Surface: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Homer Short
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512525

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1512525). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Homer Short Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 12, 1989 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Homer Short Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS LAST SEEN GRADING ACCESS ROAD AT ABOUT 5:00 PM GOING DOWN THE HILL. THE GRADER WAS IDSCOVERED AT ABOUT 1:00 AM OVERTURNED IN CREEK AT THE BRIDGE. THE BODY OF THE DECEASED WAS REMOVED AT ABOUT 2:00 AM BY THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY COYOVER & THE RESCUE SQUAD.