Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc
Martin, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513474

MSHA record for No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 1513474). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. M & H Coal Company 1982 to 1982
  2. Miller Brothers Construction Inc 1982 to 1994
  3. Big River Mining Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface Mine sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Big River Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING DIRT ON A HOLLOW FILL WITH A D8K DOZER.

June 16, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big River Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE IN THE CAB OF TRUCK, A LARGE ROCK TURNED OVER IN THE TRUCK BED JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

June 16, 1995 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big River Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 6" WATER PUMP HOSE AND SLIPPED FALLING TO THE GROUND. (EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH 6-25-95 AND STARTED MISSING WORK ON 6-26-95. RETURNED TO WORK 6-30-95.)

1994 · 4 incidents

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big River Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPENING ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR AND STRUCKHIS KNEE WITH THE DOOR.

September 6, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big River Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK 773-BLAT. LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX 4 FT TO GROUND.

July 5, 1994 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big River Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FOR SURVEY CREW WAS MEASURING COAL PIT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LOOSE ROCK HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL INJURING LEFT LEG.

May 19, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big River Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HIS BACK BECAME SORE 5-19-94 AFTER FINISHING SHIFT--DOCTOR STATES EMPLOYEE ISSUFFERING FROM MUSCLE FATIGUE.