Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Colonial Coal Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by James A Comyns
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514663

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 1 (mine ID 1514663). 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
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Tug River Energy Inc 1984 to 1986
  2. Colonial Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine No 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

1984 · 1 incident

August 13, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tug River Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING ROCK BY HAND TO FIX SPILLWAY ON A SILT ZSTRUCTURE THEN STARTED COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN.