North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN LAST OPEN BREAK IN MAINE #3 ENTRY APPROXIMATELY 40FT LONG 5FT HIGH 20FT WIDE
No 12: 3 reportable incidents Coal
North Star Contractors Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Carl Kirk
Davella,
Martin County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517488
MSHA record for No 12 (mine ID 1517488). 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
- 1994–1995
- Latest incident
- Jan 1995
Ownership history
- North Star Contractors Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 12 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1995 · 1 incident
1994 · 2 incidents
North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 4 BREAKS IN BY FAN IN #2 ENTRY. APPROXIMATELY 50'X LONG X 20' WIDE X 3' THICK.
North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL AT END OF #2 MAINS IN #1 & #2 HEADINGS WHERE THEY WERE STOPPED BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN ROOF STRATA. FALL APPROXIMATELY 120' L, 20' W, 6' H.