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Belfry #2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Dominion Energy Sales Inc · Facility
Controlled by Hugh M Caperton
Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505238

Belfry #2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Dunavant Coal Company 1974 to 1978
  2. Belfry Coal Corp 1978 to 1991
  3. Dominion Energy Sales Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 3
1992 4
1991 4
1990 0
1989 1
1988 8
1987 8
1986 8
1985 12
1984 10
1983 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Belfry #2 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO LIFT COAL SAMPLES INTO CRUSHER, AS HE BEGAN TO LIFT BAG, HE FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK.

1984 · 1 incident

April 3, 1984 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator MACHINERY
Belfry Coal Corp · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL NEAR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WELDING AND RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO EYES WHEN AN ARC WAS STRUCK