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No 1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

N A L R Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Raschella Alfred W
Nelse, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515221

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. N A L R Coal Corp 1985 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)
1987 7 13,888
1986 19 125,844
1985 17 59,507
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 Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 27, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N A L R Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER OP WAS HIGHWALLING HE ADVISED HE NEEDED SOME TREES CUT IN FRONT OF HIM. SUBJECT GOT CHAIN SAW & WENT TO CUT TREES. SMALL TREE WAS LEANING OVER & DOZER OP WAS CUTTING IT W/HATCHET. CHAIN SAW OP SAID HE WOULD FINISH CUTTING TREE DOZER OP ADVISED HIM NOT TO STAND ON E DGE OF HIGHWALL BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT HOLD HIM BUT HE WENT ON ANYWAY. GROUND BROKE FROM UNDER HIM & HE SLID DOWN