Champion Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING ON RED DEVIL AND HURT BACK.
No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1504195). 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
- Feb 1988
Ownership history
- Premium Elkhorn Coal Corp 1950 to 1975
- Neds Fork Coal Company 1972 to 1972
- J C & P Coal Corp 1975 to present
- Champion Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1989
- Meka Energy Inc 1989 to 1991
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 2 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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
Champion Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BELT LINE BROKE WAS PUTTING IT TOGETHER WITH RED DEVILS, RED DEVIL CABLE BROKE AND CAME BACK AND HIT ARM.