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No 2 Coal

Thunder Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Davis Jerry M
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514712

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

1994 · 3 incidents

December 5, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thunder Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

FOREMAN WENT TO CHECK ON #3 DRIVE, SLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM, HIT HIS HEAD ON A TIMBER AND HIS RESCUER CAUGHT HIS BACK AND RIBS.

September 12, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Thunder Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WE HAD A AREA WHERE THE ROOF HAD SEVERAL HILL SEAMS AND WE HAD IT CRIBBED AND CROSS COLLERED AND IT STILL FELL. IN THESE AREAS WE ARE STILL USING CRIBS AND CROSS COLLAUS. AND 5 FOOT RESIN BOLT S.

1988 · 11 incidents

October 21, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING UP BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER TO START BOLTING THE FIRST CUT OUT OF THE BREAK IN #4 ENTRY WHEN DRAW SLATE FELL IN THE FACE AND SLABBED DOWN THE RIB OUTBY THE ROOF SUPPORT HI TTING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

October 3, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

ON OFFSIDE DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER AT LAST ROW OF BOLTS SPOTTING MACHINE FOR OPERATOR WHEN DRAW SLATE IN FACE FELL AND SLABBED BACK AND HIT HIM BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

August 30, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

STARTED DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL OR SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS

April 26, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS CHANGING FLAT ON SHUTTLE CAR & STUMBED OVER LIFTING JACK & CRUB BLOCK & HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM & LOWER BACK.

January 7, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS BACKING3PINNER OUT OF INTERSECTION INTO ANOTHER, AND PINNER CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN LEFT RIB AND PINNER, MASHED HIS RIBS

1987 · 3 incidents

November 3, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HAULING3COAL WITH A 10 SC SHUTTLE CAR, IN HAULING COAL HIS CANOPY HIT THE ROOF PULLED THE PLATE OFF OF ROOF BOLT, PLATE CAME OFF THE C ANOPY HIT THE TIRE BEHINE THE OPERATOR AND CAME BACK UP AND HIT3HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD

October 16, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING ROCK THAT WAS GETTING STUCK IN SCALPER WHEN CRIB BLOCK CAME OFF BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.BLOCK CAME FROM SECTION TAILPIECE.IT WAS BEING USED THERE TO PREVENT COAL SPILLAGE.

April 29, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar-Pike Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 7HE END OF A 4"X8"X18' COLLAR WHEN HE DID THIS HE RECIEVED SEVERE PAIN TO THE SMALL OF HIS BACK.