Mining Incidents

Noble Mine #2 Coal

Noble Construction · Surface
Controlled by Richard E Noble
Dwarf, Perry County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519419

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
163
citations
45
significant & substantial
$61,712
proposed penalties
$35,412
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,900 1 0 256.4
2025 Q3 4,233 2 0 472.5
2025 Q2 4,244 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,109 8 5 1946.9
2024 Q4 3,882 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,703 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,806 2 0 525.5
2024 Q1 4,089 3 0 733.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 21, 2025 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Noble Construction · Struck against a moving object

Road was wet and driver lost control of rock truck when going down the hill causing them to lose control and they hit the side of the mountain. Employee drove themselves to the hospital to get checked out.

2020 · 1 incident

August 20, 2020 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Noble Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Service worker was caught between rock truck tire and service truck. Was no visible injuries.

2014 · 1 incident

June 20, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Noble Construction · Struck against a moving object

Road was watered prior to the incident truck slip around hitting the berm then sliding the other way hitting the other berm. Then he hit his leg on the shifting power in the truck. Driver exited the cab on his own. He states he wasn't wearing his seat belt.

2011 · 1 incident

October 28, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Noble Construction · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE lifted a 5 gallon can of gas over the side of a pickup truck with his left arm one handed causing strain on his shoulder pulling it out of place which resulted in a fracture of the shoulder.