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No 1 Surface: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Long Fork Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Collie Hall
Grethel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515240

No 1 Surface has had 1 fatality among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Long Fork 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 13 17,418
1986 22 48,033
1985 19 67,918
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 Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 12, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Long Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A MACK MODEL 600 TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A 4000-GALLON WATER TANK. WHILE APPLYING WATER TO THE MINE HAULAGE ROADWAY WHICH WAS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, TH E VICTIM WAS BA7KING THE TRUCK DOWN AN INCLINED SECTION OF THE ROADWAY WHEN THE REAR TANDEM WHEELS TRAVELED OVER THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO CAPSIZE. THE VICTIM WAS F

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 2 incidents

May 21, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE TARPING T9UCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF TRUCK BED.

May 1, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF DOZ9R AND TURNED ANKLE