Reedy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED RIGHT THUMB ON BELT #2 LETTING A COME-A-LONG OFF AT ABOUT 2AM
Mine No 2: 5 reportable incidents Coal
Reedy Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Willis Ring
Whitesburg,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515488
MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 1515488). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Aug 1988
Ownership history
- Reedy Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 3 incidents
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
SCOOP OPERATOR 4ENT INTO NO.3 BREAK AFTER SHOTFIRE HAD CHECKED & WARNED SCOOP OPERATORS THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO FIRE NO.4 LEFT BREAK.
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
EE CLIMBED UP O3 BELT TO HELP FOREMAN CLAMP A HOOK ONTO A POST. BELT HAD RUBBED A BARE SPOT ON A CABLE. EE GRABBED CABLE & S TEEL ROPE TOGETHER TO HOIST HIMSELF UP ON BELT & CAME CONTACT WIT H ONE PHASE WIR9 PULLING 173.950 VOLTS. ELECTRICITY WENT THRU HIS HAND.
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
SCOOP OPERATOR 9AN OVER BLOCK OF COAL THROWING HIM AGAINST ROOF.
1986 · 1 incident
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACK CUTTING MA7HINE OUT OF FACE CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN MACHINE AND RIB.