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No 1 Surface Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hall James Leland
Sassafras, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516700

No 1 Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 8 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Great American Mining Company 1989 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)
1992 52 224,841
1991 79 550,739
1990 80 396,154
1989 41 108,326
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Surface Mine sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1992 · 1 incident

February 14, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Great American Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM DOZER TRACKS FELL HITTING LOWER BACK ON PUSHARMS.

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1991 · 4 incidents

December 3, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Great American Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES WHILE PULLING 4 INCH WATER LINE GUT OF WATER.

April 5, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Great American Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FINGER IN WRENCH CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER

1990 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Great American Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING WORK SHIFT WHILE EMPL WAS OPERATING ROCK TRUCK. BRUISE & SWELLING APPEARED ON RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

June 13, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Great American Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WAS CUTTING SEGMENT BOLTS OUT OF DOZER & SLAY FLEW INTO EYE CAUSING INJ TO RIGHT EYE.

January 19, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Great American Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL GOT FINGER IN FAN ON DOZER