Kyn Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL AT HILL SEAM 600' OUTBY FACE AREA.
Mine No 2-K: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Kyn Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Susie A Smith; Elmer Fuller
Shelbiana,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1508515
MSHA record for Mine No 2-K (mine ID 1508515). 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
- 1998
- Latest incident
- Oct 1998
Ownership history
- Hope Mining Company 1975 to 1996
- Kyn Coal Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 2-K sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1998 · 2 incidents
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS TRAMING SCOOP IN NO 8 ENTRY WHEN HE TRAVELED OVER LEDGE IN BOTTOM AND HIS HEAD HIT ROOF