Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513861

MSHA record for No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 1513861). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Green Fly Mining 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

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

November 17, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Fly Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP OLD GATE POST AND PULLED LOWER BACK.

November 17, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Fly Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING PIN BACK INTO 992C LOADER BUCKET AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND OUTSIDE OF RIGHT EYE.