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No 1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Robert L Clear
Frakes, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515762

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1515762). 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
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Piney Ridge Inc 1986 to 1987
  2. Carl Clear Coal Corp 1987 to 1987
  3. Robert Clear Coal Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
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

January 8, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robert Clear Coal Corp · Fall from machine

HE WAS GETTING 8OWN FROM 988-B LOADER, SLIPPED, FELL OFF TO GROUND-SNOW.