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Tip Top Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Salyersville, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509399

Tip Top Tipple has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. Tip Top Coal Company Inc 1975 to 1987
  2. J & M Mining Inc 1987 to 1989
  3. Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 0
1990 0
1989 2
1988 7
1987 4
1986 7
1985 12
1984 10
1983 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Tip Top Tipple sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

January 17, 1989 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & M Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HAD FILLED 2 5-GAL CANS WITH DIESEL FUEL.PICKED UP 1 AND BENTED OVER TO PICK UP OTHER CAN OF FUEL.WHEN HE TRY TO STAND UP FELT BACK HURT.EMPL DIDNT SEEK MED ATTEN.UNTIL 1-20-89.

1985 · 1 incident

May 27, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tip Top Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING UP COAL WITH A SIX FOOT BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON HIS TEMPLE.