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Mine #2: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Dry Fork Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kenneth L Farley
Biggs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517433

Mine #2 has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1994–1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Ownership history
  1. K Rutherford Construction Inc 1993 to 1993
  2. Woodman Three Mine Company Inc 1993 to 1994
  3. G M Mining Inc 1994 to 1997
  4. Triple T Coal Inc 1997 to 1997
  5. Inc Mining Corp 1997 to 1998
  6. Dry Fork Energy Inc 1998 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)
2000 0
1999 14 65,112
1998 32 97,934
1997 17 36,549
1996 0
1995 0
1994 16 60,046
1993 18 11,165
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

April 26, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS OPERAQTING OUR #2 21SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE ALLOWED THE OPERATOR'S DECK AREA TO RUB AGAINST THE COAL RIB AND COAL/ROCK FELL ON HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.

April 20, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS SITTING BESIDE ROADWAY WAITING FOR THE OTHER ROOFBOLTER OPERATOR TO MOVE THE BOLTER TO NEXT WORKING PLACE. A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 2" AT THICK END & A FEATHER EDGE BY 16' WIDE STRUCK HIS HARD HAT MOVING THE HAT DOWN HIS LEFT FOREHEAD CAUSING AN ABRASIVE CUT TO HIS FOREHEAD AND LEFT UPPER LIP.

1997 · 1 incident

December 9, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Inc Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 3 FT BY 3 FT. BY 2 INCHES FELL CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE PINNED IN SITTING POSITION BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER. THIS CUASED BRUISING TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND BACK. THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS.

1994 · 6 incidents

September 1, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G M Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT AND INJURED HIS BACK (LOWER) IN THE MINING.

August 9, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
G M Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #6 RIGHT BREAK. HE HAD PUT UP THE FIRST RIB BOLT AND WAS PREPARING TO PUT UP THE SECOND BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE ROW OF BOLTS HE WAS INSTALLING AND THE ROW OUTBY. THE ROCK FELL ON THE TRAY OF THE BOLTER AND SLID OFF ON THE LEFT FOOT OF THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR.

July 20, 1994 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G M Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REMOVING LINE CURTAIN FROM FACE A REA OF ONE SECTION & TAKING IT TO FACE AREA OF ANOTHER SECTION INJURY OCCURR ED WHEN EE WAS PULLING ON THE CURTAIN

June 24, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
G M Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

S/C OPERATOR WAS LOADING UNDER MINER BOOM. MINER BACKED UP, PUSHED S/C SIDE WAYS. OPERATOR HAD ARM OUTSIDE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN S/C AND COAL RIB.