Paradox Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING BRIDGE-GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BRIDGE PULL HANDLE AND STIFF JACK.
Lpn No 2: 10 reportable incidents Coal
L P N Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Gilbert Stanley E
Kildvav,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512471
MSHA record for Lpn No 2 (mine ID 1512471). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1986–1989
- Latest incident
- Dec 1989
Ownership history
- Cynthia Ann Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1981
- Paradox Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1990
- L P N Coal Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Lpn No 2 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file1989 · 3 incidents
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS PUTTING A WEDGE IN BELT STRUCTURE CAUGHT THUMB IN BELT SPLICER
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING ROCK AT MINE FACE ON 8 25 WORKED UNTIL 8 30 WENT TO DR PULLED MUSCLE.
1988 · 1 incident
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
CREW WAS MAKING A BELT SET-UP I.NAME CRAWLED AROUND BRIDGE A PIECE OF BROW DISLODGED & HIT BRIDGE THE EMPLOYEE WITH BRIDGE BREAKING FALL FIRST
1986 · 6 incidents
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO PUT A TIMBER IN LO6 BELT LINE AND BELT CAUGHT TIMBER AND SLAPPED HAND AGAINST TOP OF ROOF
October 22, 1986
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
NO ACCIDENT BAC5 STARTED HURTING HAD INJURED IT APRIL 85-HAD HAD BACK SURGERY IN OHIO SOME YEARS AGO
September 23, 1986
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RUNNING BOLTING3MACHINE & GOT LEFT HAND MASHED BETWEEN TOP OF MINES & MACHINE HEAD.
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
HE WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO GET A DISLODGED TIMBER OUT FROM BETWEEN BELT AND STRUCTURE WHEN BELT STARTED CAUGHT RT HAND & PULLED ARM.
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
JACK HANDLE SLI1PED AND HIT LT HAND.
Paradox Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded
CRAWLING IN MIN9S, HE BRUISED HIS LEFT KNEE.