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Deep Mine No 2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by B W McDonald
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517424

Deep Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Mountaintop Restoration 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 29 107,469
1994 22 184,430
1993 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Deep Mine No 2 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

May 24, 1995 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRIBBING FROM UNDER PARTS TRAILER WHEN HE GOT HOLD OF ONE THAT WAS CAUGHT UNDER PRESSURE & WHEN HE MOVED IT IT CRELED OUT & HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH

1994 · 2 incidents

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS SHOVELING & WENT TO EMPTY A SHOVEL FULL HIS BACK SUPPOSEDLY START ED TO HURT