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#2 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
Brookside, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511072

MSHA record for #2 Mine (mine ID 1511072). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Eastover Mining Company 1978 to 1983
  2. Manalapan Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1986
  3. Gabriel Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  4. Lee W Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  5. Glory Bee Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  6. Rawhide Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  7. Orex Coal Inc 1989 to 1989
  8. Appalachian Collieries Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 21, 1986 KY · Coal security guard, watchman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Gabriel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATIN1 A 644B FRONT END LOADER WHEN UNKNOWINGLY & WITHOUT THE OWNERS PERMISSION THE LOADER RAN OVER AN EMBANKMENT THROWING VICTIM OUT & LANDING ON TOP OF HIM CRUSHING HIM.

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1994 · 1 incident

June 10, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP. HE WAS DRILLING THRU A STEEL STRAP AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE STRAP FLEW IN HIS EYE.

1993 · 5 incidents

August 4, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE INJURED WAS PULLING BRIDGE CABLE HE PULLED AND FELT PAIN BACK ALSO HIS FINGER AND LEGS WENT NUMB.

June 18, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS MOVING MINER ACROSS THE SECTION HE RAN INTO A STEEL STRAP THAT WAS HANGING DOWN

May 18, 1993 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE AT END OF TRACK HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF STRUCTURE AND TURNED TO PUT IT ON FLAT CAR, HE FELT PAIN ON LOWER BACK.

February 23, 1993 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UN-INTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #5 BELTLINE THE FALL IS 25' LONG 15' WIDE QAND 4' THICK. THE AREA IS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 31, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS PULLING ROCK OFF BELTLINE THE ROCK TURNED AND SLIPPED OFF BELT AND FELL ON IS FOOT CUTTING IT.

June 8, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS HELPING LOAD A STARTING BOX INTO RAIL RUNNER WHEN BOX SLIPPED CATCHING HIS FINGER AND CUTTING IT.

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper MACHINERY
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ LAYING A CURVE USING A RAIL BENDER.MOVING IT UP THE RAIL WHEN FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1990 KY · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE VICTIM WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM A FLAT CAR, WHEN HE PICKED A PIECE OF STRUCTURE UP AND TURNED TO DROP IT HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

September 21, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Appalachian Collieries Corp · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS HAULING COAL FROM #2 MINE HE HAD JUST LEFT THE MINE SITE LOADED WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING BROKE A AXEL CAUSING IT TO FREE WHEEL THE INJURED JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK FALLING ON T HE HAUL ROAD

1987 · 1 incident

July 23, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS SETTING3ROOF JACKS HE HAD TURNED AROUND TO GET ANOTHER JACK AND TURNED BACK AROUND TO SETR THE JACK HE BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A ROOF JACK CAUSING THE INJURY TO H IS ELBOW

1983 · 6 incidents