Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine Coal

A & R Coal Corp · Underground
Rockhouse, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512384

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 7, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
A & R Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

TROUBLESHOOTING-REPAIR WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED ON SURFACE ELCTRICAL SUBSTATION (POWER WAS DE-ENERGIZED TO LOW VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT ON WHICH ACTUAL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED). EMPLOYEE WAS U NDER NO DIRECT WORK ASSIGNMENT AT THE TIME, BUT FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON (SPECULATED HE WAS RETRIEVING A DROPPED POCKET KNIFE) HE STEPPED INSIDE THE SUBSTATION AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGI