Mining Incidents

No 8: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Carl Kirk
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517445

No 8 has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. North Star Contractors Inc 1993 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)
1995 0
1994 18 104,477
1993 29 40,899
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 8 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
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

5 on file

1994 · 3 incidents

March 8, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL MEASURING 25 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 5 FT HIGH. FELL FROM 3 ENTRY BRATTICE LINE THRU BREAK TO HALF WAY OF INTERSECTION OF 2 ENTRY ON NORTH WEST MAIN FALL OCCURED 7 BREAKS INBY 1 DRIFT . NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS INVOLVED.

February 16, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HAD A ROOF FALL IN RETURN AIR WAY 2 BRKS FROM OUTSIDE. FALL MEASURED 16 ' WIDE- 5' TO 6' HIGH AND ABOUT 40' TO 50' LONG. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED.

January 27, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Star Contractors Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HAD FALL IN 3 ENTRY AT INTERSECTION ABOVE FEEDER. FALL MEASURED 19 FT WIDE 30 FT LONG AND HIGHEST POINT ABOUT 6 FT HIGH. NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLOVED.

1993 · 2 incidents