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No 1 Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Cable Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Red Oak, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516537

No 1 Surface has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Cable Coal Company 1988 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)
1990 31 131,980
1989 31 214,449
1988 27 38,258
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 Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

August 29, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cable Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING A LINE DRIVE WHEN HE PULLED LIGAMENT IN HIS SHOULDER.

July 17, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Cable Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLASTING WHILE BLASTING HE WAS HIT ON BACK OF SHOULDER BY FLYING ROCK.

June 13, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cable Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED & SPRAINED HIS RT FOOT

February 6, 1989 KY · Coal MACHINERY
Cable Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SERVICING D9H BULLDOZER WHILE WORKING HE GOT HIS FINGER IN HEATER FAN MOTOR CUTTING 2 FINGERS

January 18, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cable Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCK WITH ENLOADER WHEN A HOSE BURST AND HYRAULIC OIL WAS SPRATED ON ENGINE CAUSING THE LOADER TO BURN. HE HURT HIMSELF JUMPING OFF LOADER.