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Mine No 2: 5 reportable incidents Coal

W & D Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Miller William Carl
Woodbine, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516369

MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 1516369). 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
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. W & D Coal Company Inc 1988 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
ⓘ 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

5 on file

1988 · 5 incidents

November 22, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATED HE WAS OPERATING JEEP LOST CONTROL STEERING WHEEL HIT HIM ACROSS THE ABDOMEN EMPLOYER W&D WAS NOT ACTUALLY NOTIFIED BY I NAME OF THIS ACCIDENT OR THAT HE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED EMPL OYER ASSUME I NAME HAD QUIT UNTIL 12-5-88 WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED

August 30, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JEEP WAS GOING TO THE DUMPING POINT AND SPRING ON FOOT CONTROL BROKE AND JEEP WENT THROUGH THE DUMP AND DUMP DOOR STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.

July 15, 1988 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
W & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS TOWING A JEEP WITH A CHAIN THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED IN THE WRONG PLACE FOR TOWING THE CHAIN CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BUTTOCKS