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No 1 Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Apollo Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Gary Adams
Wayland, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512299

No 1 Tipple has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Apollo Coal Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 1
1986 8
1985 10
1984 11
1983 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Tipple 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 26, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apollo Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

3 INCHES SNOW ON GROUND VICTIM WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN CLEANING RAILROAD CARS. ACCROSS VICTIMS FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AS HE WAS SLIMBING ACROSS THE CAR COUPLING AND THE VICTIMS CHEST LANDED AGAINST THE COUPLING THIS RESULTED IN BRUISED CHEST WITH PAINFUL BREATHING DISCONFORT WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES.