Mining Incidents

Indian Creek No 2: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by William B Sturgill
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516214

MSHA record for Indian Creek No 2 (mine ID 1516214). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Indian Creek No 2 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS USING A WRENCH ON THE HOIST CYLINDER OF A LOADER WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FINGER.

September 19, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING FUEL HOSE BACK ON FUEL TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK OF THE DOZER.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 22, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS NECK. WHILE WORKING ON ON A 773B ROCK TRUCK. HE DID GO TO THE DOCTOR. HE HAS TORN MUSCLES IN BACK OF HIS NECK. HE CAN RETURN TO WORK 11-28-89.

June 25, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING CULVERTS IN POND, WHEN HE STRAINED BACK LIFTING CULVERT.

1988 · 4 incidents

November 15, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BREAKING BOLT ON ENGINE WHEN BOLT BROKE CAUSING HAND TO SLIP AND FINGER HIT OIL PAN AND CUT IT EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND DR PUT 3 STITCHES IN FINGER

January 18, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING DOZER, HE CHANGED GEARS, CATCHING HIS THUMB ON SHIFTING CABLE PULLING LIGAMENTS AND SPRAINED IT. LEFT HAND.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 18, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON POWDE9 BIN WHEN DOOR FELL AND HIT HIM ON HEAD AND DROVE FACE INTO THE BIN WHICH BROKE HIS NOSE, STRAINED HIS NECK AND A CONCUSSION, BUT NO TIME WAS LOST AT TIME OF INJURY. HE HAS TAK EN OFF WORK NOW3BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM INJURY.