Thunder Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
BAD STRESS CRACKS IN ROOF CAUSING ROOF TO SAG AND FALL.
No 2: 17 reportable incidents Coal
Thunder Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Davis Jerry M
Phelps,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514712
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1514712). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1987–1994
- Latest incident
- Dec 1994
Ownership history
- Widows Grove Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
- Mr C Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
- Soft Bottom Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1987
- Cedar-Pike Mining Company 1987 to 1987
- Cedar-Pike Mining Inc 1987 to 1992
- Dee-Gee Enterprises Inc 1992 to 1994
- Thunder Coal Company 1994 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
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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
17 on file1994 · 3 incidents
December 5, 1994
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thunder Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
FOREMAN WENT TO CHECK ON #3 DRIVE, SLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY BOTTOM, HIT HIS HEAD ON A TIMBER AND HIS RESCUER CAUGHT HIS BACK AND RIBS.
Thunder Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
WE HAD A AREA WHERE THE ROOF HAD SEVERAL HILL SEAMS AND WE HAD IT CRIBBED AND CROSS COLLERED AND IT STILL FELL. IN THESE AREAS WE ARE STILL USING CRIBS AND CROSS COLLAUS. AND 5 FOOT RESIN BOLT S.
1988 · 11 incidents
October 21, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING UP BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER TO START BOLTING THE FIRST CUT OUT OF THE BREAK IN #4 ENTRY WHEN DRAW SLATE FELL IN THE FACE AND SLABBED DOWN THE RIB OUTBY THE ROOF SUPPORT HI TTING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.
October 3, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
ON OFFSIDE DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER AT LAST ROW OF BOLTS SPOTTING MACHINE FOR OPERATOR WHEN DRAW SLATE IN FACE FELL AND SLABBED BACK AND HIT HIM BETWEEN SHOULDERS.
August 30, 1988
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
STARTED DOWN A SET OF STEPS WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL OR SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
HILL SEAMS AND FAULTY ROOF
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 60' OUTBY SPAD #10 #5 ENTRY, 5' THICK, 20' WIDE & 31' LONG.
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL #2 LOCATED 60' OUTBY SPAD #7 IN #7 ENTRY 5' THICK 20' WIDE & 30' LONG.
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
2 ROOF FALLS, FALL #1 LOCATED #8 ENTRY 10' INBY SPAD #22 3 TO 5' THICK, 20' WIDE, & 20' LONG.
April 26, 1988
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPL WAS CHANGING FLAT ON SHUTTLE CAR & STUMBED OVER LIFTING JACK & CRUB BLOCK & HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM & LOWER BACK.
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SLIP IN THE ROO0.
January 7, 1988
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS BACKING3PINNER OUT OF INTERSECTION INTO ANOTHER, AND PINNER CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN LEFT RIB AND PINNER, MASHED HIS RIBS
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
CAUSE WAS FAULT2 TOP THE SIZE OF THE FALL WAS APPROX. 8 TO 9 FT THICK 35 FT LONG AND 19 FT WIDE.
1987 · 3 incidents
November 3, 1987
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS HAULING3COAL WITH A 10 SC SHUTTLE CAR, IN HAULING COAL HIS CANOPY HIT THE ROOF PULLED THE PLATE OFF OF ROOF BOLT, PLATE CAME OFF THE C ANOPY HIT THE TIRE BEHINE THE OPERATOR AND CAME BACK UP AND HIT3HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD
October 16, 1987
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar-Pike Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
MOVING ROCK THAT WAS GETTING STUCK IN SCALPER WHEN CRIB BLOCK CAME OFF BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.BLOCK CAME FROM SECTION TAILPIECE.IT WAS BEING USED THERE TO PREVENT COAL SPILLAGE.
Cedar-Pike Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING 7HE END OF A 4"X8"X18' COLLAR WHEN HE DID THIS HE RECIEVED SEVERE PAIN TO THE SMALL OF HIS BACK.