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Toptiki Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Toptiki Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by MAPCO Inc
Threeforks, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508405

MSHA record for Toptiki Tipple (mine ID 1508405). 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
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
1
inspections on record
8
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 8 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Long Branch Coal Company 1975 to 1978
  2. Toptiki Coal Corp 1978 to present
  3. S & J Trucking Company 1985 to 1986
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Toptiki Tipple sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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

1987 · 1 incident

May 13, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Toptiki Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED4 HE WAS DROPPING RAILROAD CARS, THE HAND BRAKE ON THE CAR WAS BAD, AND COULD NOT STOP. HE JUMPED OFF.