Roxana Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FELL DURING IDLE SHIFT IN INTERSECTION NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVD OF NO. 5 ENTRY NO. 2 BREAK NO PERSON INJURED.
Mine No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Roxana Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Day Rickey & David C Banks
MSHA Mine ID: 1516452
MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 1516452). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
Ownership history
- Roxana Coal Company Inc 1988 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
2 on file1988 · 2 incidents
September 22, 1988
KY · Coal
chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roxana Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
I NAME TO WHOM THE ACCIDENT OCCURED WAS WORKING AS A ROOF BOLT HELPER IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 1FTX2FTX3INCH THICK FELL FROM THE EDGE OF A SAFETY JACK STRIKING HE JUST U NDER THE OF A SAFETY JACK STRIKING HE JUST UNDER THE LEFT EYE THE ACCIDENT REQUIRED STITCHES AT THE WHITESBURG HOSPITAL.