Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Carbonex Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thornberry James T
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516355

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1516355). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Carbonex Inc 1988 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

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

September 4, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carbonex Inc · Fall from machine

CLEANING WINDOW OF D9H SLIPPED AND FELL.

August 31, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Carbonex Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL WET ROAD CONDITION COULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IN SUCH AREA, BUT PROCEEDED ON TRAVELING UPGRADE IN EMPTY TRUCK UNTIL REAL WHEELS HIT SLICK AREA, SPINNING TRUCK 180 DEGREES OFF ROAD (DROP-OFF SIDE), AT WHICH TIME, VICTIM JUMPED FROM CAB, FRACTURING HIS LEFT FEMUR.

August 21, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carbonex Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO CAT D9L TO BEGIN WORK.HE FELL AND SPRAINED ANKLE.