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Tipple No 4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Appolo Fuels Inc · Facility
Controlled by Gary Asher
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512124

Tipple No 4 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. S A M Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1983
  2. White Oak Coal Corp 1983 to 1983
  3. Norcoal Corp 1983 to 1984
  4. Norcoal Kentucky Inc 1984 to 1990
  5. Appolo Fuels Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
1999 0
1998 0
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 2
1990 5
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 7
1985 6
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Tipple No 4 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 22, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appolo Fuels Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS CHECKING COAL FEEDERS WHEN HE STARTED TO BEND OVER HE STATED HE HAD DIZZY SPELL & FELL INTO GUARD RAILING HITTING HEAD ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE EMPL WAS WEARING HARDHAT BUT IT FELL OFF.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appolo Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER PERSON CARRY A PIECE OF SHEET METAL; WHEN THEY STARTED THROUGH DOOR WAY PIECE OF METAL MASHED EMPLOYEES FINGER AGAINST DOOR JAM.

May 31, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Appolo Fuels Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC GINDER GRINDING DOWN SOME ROUGH SPOTS ON A PIECE OF METAL GRINDER SLIPPED OFF HITTING EMPLOYEES RIGHT LEG & CUT IT. DAMAGE TO LEG REQUIRED STITCHES & BANDAGE. THIS TIPPLE IS NOT IN OPERATION IT IS BEING PREPARED FOR COAL RUNNING.