Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE TIPPLE AND AS HE JUMPED DOWN UNDER THE TIPPLE HE TWISTED HIS LEG, AND PINCHED A NERVE IN LOWER BACK
Ratliff Elkhorn Tipple No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for Ratliff Elkhorn Tipple No 1 (mine ID 1505207). 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
- 1984
- Latest incident
- May 1984
Ownership history
- Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1987
- Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Ratliff Elkhorn Tipple No 1 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.