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Tiptop No 1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Royalton, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517525

Tiptop No 1 has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996
Ownership history
  1. Miller Brothers Coal Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1996 44 475,620
1995 54 501,802
1994 39 438,444
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Tiptop No 1 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

5 on file

1996 · 1 incident

January 24, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall from machine

D6 WAS BREAKING DOWN AN OLD SPOIL BAND WHEN HE BACKED UP HE GOT ON AN OLD LOG IN THE SPOIL WHICHWAS MUDDY AND AND WET DUE TO THE RAIN AND SNOW. THE DOZER TURNED OVER. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AND THE ONLY SERIOUS INJURY HE RECEIVED WAS A CUT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ABOUT 1 INCH LONG. I TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD IT STITCHED UP AND BROUGHT HIM HOME.

1995 · 1 incident

September 26, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE STRIP PIT, WHEN THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET THIS CAUSED THE LOADER TO LURCH SUDDENLY AND THE EE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.

1994 · 3 incidents

August 29, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD JUST PUT SOME CRIB BLOCKS ON THE BACK OFTHE TIRE TRUCK & HAD TURNED TO CRAWL BACK DOWN WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED & HE FELL LANDED ON HIS BACK & RT ARM IT WAS RAINING & MUDDY

June 18, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON THE MAIN HAUL ROAD LEAVING THE JOB, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID ON THE LAST STEEP GRADE LEAVING THE JOB SITE, LEFT FRONT WHEEL HIT BERM, VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE OVER A 3 1/2 TO 4 FT BERM, RO LLING SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STOPPING 100 TO 150 FT DOWN THE SLOPE. I BELIEVE THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS THE MAIN FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT. MORE 15 MPH SIGNS ARE BEING PREPARED TO POST AT ALL MINE

June 18, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON THE MAIN HAUL ROAD LEAVING THE JOB, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID ON LAST STEEP GRADE LEAVING JOB SITE. LEFT FRONT WHEEL HIT BERM, VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE OVER A 3 TO 4 FT BERM, ROLLED S EVERAL TIMES BEFORE STOPPING APPROX 100 TO 150 FT DOWN THE SLOPE. I BELEIVE THAT EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS THE MAIN FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT. MORE 15 MPH SIGNS ARE BEING PREPARED TO POST AT ALL OUR MI