M K Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
AFTER DUMPING L2AD OF ROCK OUTSIDE,SCOOP OPER PROCEEDED BACK INTO MINE WITH SCOOP.A ROCK HAD FALLEN OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET.SCOOP RAN OVER ROCK AND BOUNCED MAN INTO ROOF STRIKING HIS NECK.
Mine No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal
M K Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Robert M Keen
Artemus,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514414
MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 1514414). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Dec 1985
Ownership history
- Blu-Jel Coal Inc 1984 to 1984
- M K Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.