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No 2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Booker Fork Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Mc Peek Billy H
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513730

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1513730). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Booker Fork Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 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

4 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 5, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Booker Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED BACK WHI5E REACHING FOR A BOLT.

1987 · 1 incident

December 12, 1987 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Booker Fork Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING 9OCK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER A PIECE OF ROCK SLID DOWN AND CUT HIS FINGER.

1985 · 1 incident

August 12, 1985 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Booker Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CHANGING TIRE ON 21SC CAR. WHILE LIFTING TIRE HAD SEVER PAIN IN LEFT SIDE LOWER PART OF STOMACH.

1984 · 1 incident

October 12, 1984 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Booker Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING SS SCOOP WHILE HAULING COAL HIT FACE OF COAL, TWISTING BACK FROM IMPACT. CONTRIBUITING FACTOR WAS BEING BENT IN AN UNUSL POSTION UNDER A CANOPY COAL HEIGHT 48".