Mining Incidents

Surface Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by United Company
Rockhouse, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516558

MSHA record for Surface Mine #1 (mine ID 1516558). 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
Mar 1992
Ownership history
  1. Wellmore Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine #1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

March 16, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN TREE CUTTING OPERATIONS WHEN THE TREE SPLIT AND KICKED BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE CAUSING BRUISING ON THE LEG.