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Gideon Coal Company #2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Gideon Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Morris Vernon
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517143

Gideon Coal Company #2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Jan 1992
Ownership history
  1. Gideon Coal Company 1991 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)
1992 4 6,204
1991 10 2,872
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gideon Coal Company #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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

January 24, 1992 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gideon Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THIS WAS AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL DUE TO FOLDER SEAM OF COAL OVER STRATA. THE ENTRY WAS FULL BOLTED AND SUPPORTED CALL OCCURRED ABOVE ROOF BOLTS THIS WAS REPORTED TO MSHA IMMEDIATELY AND ALL THEIR RECOMMENDATION WERE COMPLIED WITH.