Mining Incidents

Mine #2 Coal

Controlled by Bailey Dan
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511039

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN FIRST CROSS CUT OF #2 ENTRY. APPROX. 20' WIDE, 20' LONG, 6' THICK. HAD 6' RESIN BOLTS IN IT. THERE WAS REAL BIG HILL SEAM WHERE IT FELL.

June 24, 1988 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WAS MINING HUNDRED TO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE FEET UNDER GROUND AND HIT OLD MINES THAT THERE WERE NO MAPS ON, THERE WAS WATER AND DEAD AIR OR LOW OXYGEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

1987 · 1 incident

July 7, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sterling Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP OPERATOR 4AS SCOOPING ROADWAY AND RAN INTO SOME PLASTIC PVC LINE, WHICH IS USED FOR GETTING WATER OF THE MINER. THE PVC LINE WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE SCOOP BUCKET FLEW UP, AND HIT OPERA TOR ON THECHEKB2NE OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

BELT LINE SPLIC9 OR A ROLLER FRAME ON THE BELT LINE ROPE

April 4, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sterling Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED AT THE FIRST CROSSCUT INBY THE DRIFT ENTRY OF THE MAIN BELTLINE WHERE RIDER SEAMS AND HILLSEAMS EXISTED AND ROOF SUPPORT MATERIALS CRIBS WERE DETERIATED AND INEFFECTIVE THIS AREA WAS DEVEL2PED FOR APPROX 8 YRS

1984 · 1 incident

February 1, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bell County Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RON WAS CHANGING HYD PUMP ON 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER AND HE INJURED HIS BACK SOMETIME DURING THE JOB.

1983 · 3 incidents

August 10, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss OTHER
Bell County Coal Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN BENT OVER TO OPEN BOX THAT HAD HIS MINING BELT & HAT IN IE & HURT BACK SOMEHOW.

July 21, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS BOLTING TOP VICTIM HAD HIS LEFT HAD ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE MOVED MACHINE IN POSITION TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN HE GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL POT AND FACE OF COAL CUT LEFT HA ND AND BRUISED

January 14, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAD MOVED ROOF BOLT DOWN FROM SECTION TO BOLT TOP WHERE BELT HEAD WAS TO BE SET WHEN REPAIRMAN PUTPOWER ON ROOF BOLTER THE OPT STARTED TO BE SETROOF BOLTER UP THE TRAM LEVERS WERE HUNG IN REVE RSE CAUSING ROOF BOLTER TO START TRAMMING BACKWARD AND IT PINNED WAYNES LEFT FOOT AGAINST RIB AND ROOF BOTLER BROKE LITTLE TOE AND A BONE IN LEFT FOOT