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No 1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Glen D Pope
Louisa, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513560

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1513560). 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
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Valley Development Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
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

1988 · 1 incident

May 19, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Development Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET WHILE DRIVING THE PINS IN THE TEETH A CHIP OF METAL CAME OF PIN AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG. THIS HAPPEN AT END OF SHELF RETURN TO WORK NEXT DAY.