Mining Incidents

#2 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by James M Allen
Drift, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518067

MSHA record for #2 Surface (mine ID 1518067). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
1
inspections on record
4
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 4 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bottom Fork Coal Company Inc 1998 to 1999
  2. Allen'S Land Improvement Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#2 Surface sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 10, 1999 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Allen'S Land Improvement Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED PERSON WAS SITTING ON GROUND WAITING FOR DOZER TO RETURN WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A LIMB FROM A TREE HE WAS SITTING UNDER. PERSON SAID HE WAS HIT IN LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.