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Gideon Mine #2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Gideon Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Morris Vernon
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515033

Gideon Mine #2 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Calvery Coal Company 1985 to 1985
  2. Micah Coal Company 1985 to 1986
  3. Jonah Coal Company 1986 to 1990
  4. Gideon Coal Company 1990 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)
1990 8 43,458
1989 7 6,981
1988 8 14,171
1987 7 9,263
1986 7 10,894
1985 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gideon Mine #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

1987 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jonah Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT THUMB CUT.3

March 20, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jonah Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER CAM9 AROUND AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB AND CUT IT.

1986 · 1 incident

December 16, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jonah Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER HEA8 WENT UP AND PINNED HAND AGAINST ROOF