Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN FIRST CROSS CUT OF #2 ENTRY. APPROX. 20' WIDE, 20' LONG, 6' THICK. HAD 6' RESIN BOLTS IN IT. THERE WAS REAL BIG HILL SEAM WHERE IT FELL.
Mine #2: 9 reportable incidents Coal
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Bailey Dan
Middlesboro,
Bell County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511039
MSHA record for Mine #2 (mine ID 1511039). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
Ownership history
- Bell County Coal Corp 1978 to 1982
- Bell County Coal Corp 1982 to 1985
- Sterling Energy Inc 1985 to 1988
- Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #2 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1988 · 2 incidents
Dan Bailey Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WAS MINING HUNDRED TO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE FEET UNDER GROUND AND HIT OLD MINES THAT THERE WERE NO MAPS ON, THERE WAS WATER AND DEAD AIR OR LOW OXYGEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
1987 · 1 incident
Sterling Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCOOP OPERATOR 4AS SCOOPING ROADWAY AND RAN INTO SOME PLASTIC PVC LINE, WHICH IS USED FOR GETTING WATER OF THE MINER. THE PVC LINE WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE SCOOP BUCKET FLEW UP, AND HIT OPERA TOR ON THECHEKB2NE OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.
1986 · 2 incidents
October 16, 1986
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sterling Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object
BELT LINE SPLIC9 OR A ROLLER FRAME ON THE BELT LINE ROPE
Sterling Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED AT THE FIRST CROSSCUT INBY THE DRIFT ENTRY OF THE MAIN BELTLINE WHERE RIDER SEAMS AND HILLSEAMS EXISTED AND ROOF SUPPORT MATERIALS CRIBS WERE DETERIATED AND INEFFECTIVE THIS AREA WAS DEVEL2PED FOR APPROX 8 YRS
1984 · 1 incident
February 1, 1984
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bell County Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
RON WAS CHANGING HYD PUMP ON 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER AND HE INJURED HIS BACK SOMETIME DURING THE JOB.
1983 · 3 incidents
August 10, 1983
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
OTHER
Bell County Coal Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN BENT OVER TO OPEN BOX THAT HAD HIS MINING BELT & HAT IN IE & HURT BACK SOMEHOW.
July 21, 1983
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS BOLTING TOP VICTIM HAD HIS LEFT HAD ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE HE MOVED MACHINE IN POSITION TO INSTALL BOLT WHEN HE GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL POT AND FACE OF COAL CUT LEFT HA ND AND BRUISED
January 14, 1983
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bell County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HAD MOVED ROOF BOLT DOWN FROM SECTION TO BOLT TOP WHERE BELT HEAD WAS TO BE SET WHEN REPAIRMAN PUTPOWER ON ROOF BOLTER THE OPT STARTED TO BE SETROOF BOLTER UP THE TRAM LEVERS WERE HUNG IN REVE RSE CAUSING ROOF BOLTER TO START TRAMMING BACKWARD AND IT PINNED WAYNES LEFT FOOT AGAINST RIB AND ROOF BOTLER BROKE LITTLE TOE AND A BONE IN LEFT FOOT