Mining Incidents

No 1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Double Eagle Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Potter Reed Jr
Hellier, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515342

No 1 has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Double Eagle Coal Inc 1985 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)
1989 7 26,130
1988 13 65,497
1987 14 84,746
1986 17 78,245
1985 12 17,095
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
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

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

March 15, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMING THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE FORWARD A ROOFBOLT PLATE VIBRATED INTO THE BACK CONTROLS OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE CAUSING THE MACHIVNE TO SWERVE PNNING EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE HAD LUNG ABDOMEN HEART AND ARM INJURIES.

March 15, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE FORWARD. A ROOFBOLT PLATE VIBRATED INTO THE BACK CONTROLS OF THE ROOFBOLT MACHINE, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO SWERVE, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM AGAINST THE MINE RIB.

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1988 · 1 incident

December 20, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS OPERATING TRACTOR COMING TO OUTSIDE TRACTOR HIT BUMP CUASING LOSS OF MINE CAP. EMPL REACHED TO GET HAT & CAUGHT LEFT ARM BETWEEN TRACTOR & TOP OF MINE. EMPL BROKE BOTH BONES IN L OWER ARM.

1987 · 1 incident

December 7, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS BENDING3ROOF BOLT ROOF BOLT SLIPPED LOWER BACK STARTED TO ACHE

1986 · 1 incident

October 17, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Double Eagle Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING COAL WHEN THE DRILL STUCK, WHILE GETTING IN POSITION TO PULL ON IT, THE DRILL CAME ON, TURNED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN EAR.