Mining Incidents

No1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Spontaneous Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Elmer R
East Mcdowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512462

MSHA record for No1 (mine ID 1512462). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Big Mac Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1982
  2. Shady Coal Inc 1982 to 1986
  3. Spontaneous Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No1 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

1983 · 1 incident

June 17, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shady Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MIKE WAS RUNNING A S & H SCOOP MOVING COAL WHEN HIS HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF WHILE REACHING TO GET HAT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE TOP