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M-2: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Ash Trucking Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Terry G Loving
Cawood, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1506702

M-2 has had 1 fatality among 5 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Crane Branch Mining Company 1973 to 1975
  2. Coal Fuels Inc 1975 to 1977
  3. Lightning Streak Coal Company 1977 to 1978
  4. O & S Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1978
  5. O & S Coal Company 1978 to 1979
  6. Dixie Fuel Company 1979 to 1988
  7. Ash Trucking Company Inc 1988 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 22,083
1991 12 55,343
1990 13 34,827
1989 14 32,752
1988 3 2,245
1987 9 5,251
1986 5 3,091
1985 5 3,491
1984 1
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

M-2 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 17, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ash Trucking Company Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS RIDING THE 1 BELT INSIDE THE MINE GOING TO THE ACTIVE WORKING SECTION AND HIT A ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 800 P.M. ON 5-16-91 AND 605 AM ON 5-17-91.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

July 25, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ash Trucking Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

24295ESS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED ON 07-2 5-92 OF ALLEGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS

1988 · 2 incidents

June 13, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING BELT CLAMP TO PUT THE BELT TOGETHER JERKED BACK AND IT TWISTED HIM AROUND.

May 23, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Fuel Company · Struck against stationary object

HE RUNNING #3 BELT HAS AN ANEMEMOMETER ON HI BELT, IT CAUGHT, AND BUMPED HIS LEFT EBLOW ON BELT STRUCTURE.

1987 · 1 incident

June 8, 1987 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Dixie Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING JACKS ON A WILCOX MINER,AND BACK BECAME SORE AND PAINFUL.