Mining Incidents

Smith #2Coal

101 Coal Inc. · Underground
Coalgood, Harlan County, KY · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519945
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EE was walking back to Shuttle Car from the Continuous Miner, in the #3 Entry on 001 MMU, when EE struck a Roof Bolt strap hanging down from previous mining. EE complained of head and neck ""jamming"" together causing pain to neck and shoulder. EE seen family physician on 12-22-25, and was placed off work until additional testing/imaging is completed.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was packing a piece of top belt structure, moved from right to left and felt pain in lower back. Employee stretched and finished shift.

Accident type, without injuries

Had a reportable roof fall at XC #2, Entry #3, on East Mains. Rock Fall does not have escapeways or airways blocked, it's in a neutral entry. Fall doesn't affect any people or equipment. Area has been dangered off.

2024 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Continuous miner was cutting in #3 Entry, in crosscut #20. Had two pieces of rock on the continuous miner standoff, the bottom piece was the larger piece. EE was trying to remove the top piece of rock from the miner, when the top rock moved, both rocks came off together striking EE.

Struck by falling object

Installing roof bolts in the 3Left Cut, Break 12, Inby Spad #102. This was the first cut took out of 3Left, mined straight ahead. While drilling outside hole, in their first row, the corner on the operator's side fell off striking employee,on backside/left shoulder.