Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Dan Chambers
Mt. Victory, Pulaski County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514323

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1514323). 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
1985–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Pulaski County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pulaski County, Kentucky · Population 65,503
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$50,943
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

1990 · 1 incident

January 4, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE POWDER TRAILER WHERE THE EXPLOSIVES WERE STORED, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT INTO THE ROCK AND DIRT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1989 · 1 incident

October 25, 1989 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRIVING THE GREASE TRUCK WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND THE DITCHED THE TRUCK. WHEN HE DID IT THREW HIM AROUND IN THE CAB. HE THOUGHT HE WASN'T HURT THAT DAY BUT HIS HAND SWELLED O VER THE WEEKEND SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR MONDAY Y

1988 · 2 incidents

April 9, 1988 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

I.NAME WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE GRADER HE HAD JUST GOT DONE OPERATING WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM HE FELL ON THE GRADER BLADE

1987 · 3 incidents

February 5, 1987 KY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME HANDID T2E MECHANIC A HOSE FOR HIS DONE. HE THEN TURNED AND STARTED WALKING AWAY STEPPED IN A QULLEY AND TWISTED HIS LEG. COMPLAINED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT ABOUT HIS LEG.

January 27, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME GETTING 7HAIN OFF LOADER,TURNED AROUND AND SLIPPED ON ICE.

January 15, 1987 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME TAKING H3S FOOT AND PUSHING AT DRILL STEEL WHEN FOOT SLIPPED.

1985 · 1 incident

October 7, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER WAS IN PIT BREAKING UP COAL I.NAME WAS IN PIT PICKING ROCK OUT OF THE COAL I.NAME WAS BENT OVER WHEN THE LOADER CAME OVER THE COAL AND THE OPERATOR SAW I.NAMES HARD HAT FLY ABOVE THE B UCKET HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED MACHINE AND THE BUCKET TOOTH STRUCK I.NAMES FOOT