Topper Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING ON BELT WHILE BELT SET UP WAS BEING MADE. HURT HIS BACK.
No 6: 1 reportable incident Coal
Topper Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Gary D Fields
Shelbiana,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517108
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1517108). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Oct 1992
Ownership history
- Topper Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 6 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.