Nukitt Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
SCALE HOUSE TRAILER BURNED NO KNOWN CAUSE TO DETERMINE HOW FIRE STARTED
No 1 Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Tipple (mine ID 1511584). 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
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Jan 1989
Ownership history
- Nukitt Coal Company 1978 to 1984
- Nukitt Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Tipple sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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 file1989 · 2 incidents
Nukitt Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS TOO CLOSE TO FIRE WHEN HE TRIED TO EXTINGUISH IT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER PART OF THE WALL FELL AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS AND LANDED ON HIS BACK RESULTING IN BURN TO HIS BACK.