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No 1 Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Edward Horn
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513520

MSHA record for No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 1513520). 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
1985–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Horn Construction Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface Mine 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

1987 · 1 incident

September 3, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T FINISHED EATING LUNCH,HE STOOD UP AND FAINTED FALLING ONTO THE GROUND IN SOME ROCKS.

1985 · 1 incident