Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Rex Fought
Mccarr, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515396

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1515396). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Elkhorn Construction Company Inc 1985 to 1988
  2. Liberty Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  3. Crown Royal Mining Inc 1989 to 1990
  4. Crown Royal Mining Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

9 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crown Royal Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING ROCKS OFF STEEP EMBANKMENT ADN STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

October 8, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crown Royal Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL STEPPED OFF DOZER CAB ONTO TRACKS THEN ONTO PUSH ARM OF BLADE ON D9H DOZER. BACK GAVE OUT & FELL TO GROUND ON STOMACH. BACK WAS PREVIOUSLY INJ WHILE WORKING FOR ANOTHER CO.

1990 · 3 incidents

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crown Royal Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF ROCK TRUCK AND STEPPED ON ROCK LAYING ON GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE ON RIGHT FOOT.

August 7, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crown Royal Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD OIL LEAD ON D9H DOZER AND TRAMMED IT TO WHERE MECHANIC COULD WORK ON IT. EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER, STEPPED ON TRACK AND SLIPPED BECAUSE APPARENTLY HAD OIL ON SHOE. EMPLOYE E FELL ON LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

January 4, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crown Royal Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

HAD 3/4 RATCHET ON BOLT IN FINAL DRIVE ON D9H DOZER. STEPPED ON TRACK TO GET MORE LEVERAGE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF BOLT & SHOULDER RIGHT HIT STEP TO GET INTO DOZER.

1989 · 2 incidents

February 16, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Liberty Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN THE DOZER SLID ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED.

January 5, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Liberty Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MANUAL OPERATION OF THE TILT ADJUSTMENT- HURT RIGHT SHOULDER.

1988 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS ROLLING A BIG ROCK OVER THE HILL WITHOUT THE USE OF MACHINERY PAIN WAS NOT EXPERIENCED UNTIL OFF WORK WHEN SORENESS OF PAIN SET IN

March 26, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Elkhorn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP. SAID HE HAD PULLED OVER TO LET A COAL TRUCK PASS, THE ENGINE STALLED . THE EMP. SAID THAT HE PANICKED. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THRE SLOPE INTO A DITCH. THE TRUCK WAS NOT HURT. I.NAME SAID THAT HE WAS OK EXCEPT HIS HEAD HURT. SO BOSS PUT HIM INTO HIS TRUCK AND TOOK HIM TO AR HOSPITAL AT WILLIAMSON. IT WAS RAINING HARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.