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Mine #2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Triple T Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Tony O Mullins
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517417

MSHA record for Mine #2 (mine ID 1517417). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Ownership history
  1. A A & W Coals Inc 1993 to 1993
  2. Johnson County Coal Inc 1993 to 1995
  3. Letcher County Coal Inc 1995 to 1996
  4. Triple T Coal Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #2 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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

1995 · 1 incident

December 29, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Letcher County Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WORKING AROUND THE FEEDER THEN HE DECIDED TO GO OVER AND SET DOWN AGAINST THE RIB. HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE MINE FLOOR AND A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE NECK AND BACK. THE ROCK MEAS URED 3' WIDE X 5' LONG AND 2" THICK.

1994 · 1 incident

February 12, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Johnson County Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A 21SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE APPARENTLY RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROAD STOVING HIS NECK & LOWER BACK AREA

1993 · 1 incident

September 8, 1993 KY · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker POWERED HAULAGE
A A & W Coals Inc · Struck by powered moving object

TOP WAS ABOUT 46" & INJURED PERSON WAS ON THE OFFSIDE OF SCOOP, HE WAS LOOKING OVER IN TAHE NEXT ENTRY AT HIS RODMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIS LIGHT.