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No 1 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Marine Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by B W McDonald
Stopover, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516319

No 1 Surface has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Top Restoration 1988 to 1989
  2. Marine Coal Corp 1989 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)
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 2 14,338
1991 1 2,511
1990 2 4,470
1989 12 28,888
1988 15 47,778
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

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 15, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP BIG ROCK WITH 992B HE STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN REAR END OF MACHINE STARTED TO RAISE OFF OF GROUND & ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET GIVING HIM A JAR

1988 · 2 incidents

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object

AT APPROX 10:45 AM ON 12/14/88 SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER MEN H AD BEEN REMOVED TO DISTANCE OF APPROX 600'. MEN W ERE UNDER ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN SHOT WAS DTONATED. EMPL WAS STRUCK BY FLY R OCK BREAKING HAND.

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object

AT APPROX. 10:45 AM ON 12-14-88, A SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER THE MEN HAD BEEN REMOVED TO A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 600 FEET. THE MEN WERE UNDER A ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETONATED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY FLY ROCK BREAKING HIS LEG.