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Canfield #2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Canfield Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stephen C Skidmore
Bryants Store, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513873

Canfield #2 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1995
Latest incident
Feb 1995
Ownership history
  1. Little Poplar Creek Heavy Equip Sales & Service 1983 to 1983
  2. Terco Inc 1983 to 1985
  3. Terco Inc 1985 to 1990
  4. Sugartree Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1993
  5. Richland Coal Company 1993 to 1993
  6. Canfield Energy Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1995 7 19,076
1994 18 58,544
1993 6 2,524
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 0
1984 2 1,000
1983 13 10,000
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Canfield #2 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

February 20, 1995 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Canfield Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HAULING COAL PROM THE FACE TO THE BELTLINE WITH A WESCHER FRACTOR. INJURED HAD HIS HAND OUTSIDE OF DECK OF TRACTOR PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TRACTOR DECK AND THE COAL RIB. IN JURED HAD LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER AND LACER ATION BETWEEN MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER ON RT HAND.

1983 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1983 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Terco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATING BATTERY POWERED SUPPLY JEEP WHEN HE HIT ON OBSTACLE IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE JEEP TO BOUNCE AGAINST THE TOP THE EMPLOYEE WAS BRUISED ON THE LOWER BACK WHEN THE JEEP STRUCK THE TOP

August 9, 1983 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Terco Inc · Struck by falling object

MR. MASON WAS SETTING A ROOF JACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF A WILCOX MINER WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER SHOULDERS CAUSING BRUISES TO T HE SHOULDER AREA. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED & HE WAS TAKEN TO KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT & OBSERVATION.