Mining Incidents

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

Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Blu-Jel Coal Inc 1984 to 1984
  2. M K Coal Company 1984 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)
1985 22 28,301
1984 21 19,014
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 2 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

December 12, 1985 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
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.