55015D SUPT WAS IN ROUTE TO THE SECTION LOADING POINT EE WAS RIDING THE BUCKET END OF THE SCOOP MATERIAL FROM THE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS 41 INCH APART STRIKING THE EE ON THE CHEST IT 06643D APPEAR THE SCOOP STRUCK ROOF BOLT CAUSINGROCK TO FALL.
No 2: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1514977). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 25
- Years on record
- 1986–1994
- Latest incident
- Mar 1994
- Surefire Coals Inc 1984 to 1992
- Joshco Mining Inc 1992 to present
No 2 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
24 on file (excluding fatalities above)1994 · 1 incident
LOADING GLUE FOR ROOF BOLTS ONTO BOLTING MACHINE. THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING ON A SMALL PIECE OF COAL, TURNED HIS ANKLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AFALL IN WHICH HE SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOW ER BACK.
1993 · 3 incidents
HE WAS WORKING AROUND HEAD DRIVE AND TAILPIECE. HE SAID ROCK FLIPED UP AND HIT HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SCOOP AT THE MINE FACE; COAL FELL FROM RIB HITTING EMPLOYEE ON NECK.
EMPLOYEE CUTTING COAL WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL ONTO HIS BACK; INJURY NOT YET KNOWN.
1992 · 12 incidents
36130WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
36130WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS.EMPLOYEE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO WORK BECAUSE OF THIS ILLNESS.WE RECEIVED OFFICAL NOTIFICATION OF HIS ILLNESS AUGUST 13,1992.
28655LING BELT LIFTING CABLE
EE GOT OFF SCOOP TO PUT THE BATTERY ON CHARGE. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP THE BATTERY CHARGER COUPLINGS AND AS HE RAISED UP HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK LEGS AND KNEES. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF WOR K FOR A FEW DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER TO DO REPAIR WORK ON JOY CUTTING MACHINE WHEN METAL PARTICLES FLEW ON THE LEFT EYE. MEDICAL TREATMENT: EYE WAS WASHED TO REMOVE ANY FOREIGN MATERIALS. HE I S NOT EXPECTED TO BE OFF WORK WITH THIS INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP THE SECTION AND ATTEMPTED TO PUSH LOOSE A PIECE OF TIN MAILED TO A TIMBER.HE WAS BEHIND THE TIN PUSHING WITH HIS FEET WHEN THE TIN BROKE FREE.THE FORCE CAUSED HIM TO F ALL BACKWARDS LOSING HIS HAT.HE FELL AGAINST BLOCKS OF COAL HITTING HIS BACK AND HEAD.EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF WORK A FEW WEEKS DIAGNOSIS;CEREBRAL CONCUSSION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING HEAD DRIVE AND ATTEMPTED TO BREAK UP A LARGE LUMP OF COAL USING A SLATE BAR. AS HE PUSHED THE SLATE BAR INTO THE TAILPIECE, HIS WRIST WAS TWISTED. THE SLATE BAR WAS CAUGH T ON SOMETHING (POSSIBLY SPLICES). HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF WORK FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS.
COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS CONDITION 9-28-92.
PUSHING BOLTS IN TO HOLE FELT PAIN IN BACK
COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
LOADING SUPPLIES FELT PAIN IN BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE NOTICED A ROCK BEHIND THE IMPACTOR BALDE ON THE BUCKET.HE LIFTED THE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.HE WILL BE OFF WORK UNTIL MARC H 17,1992 OR UNTIL RELEASED BY DOCTOR AT LATER DATE.
1991 · 4 incidents
COAL WORKER PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
ON KNEES ROOF BOLTING FELT PAIN IN R KNEE INFLAMMED ARTHRITIS
LIFTING BOX OF GLUE 50 BLS FELT PAIN IN BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT & ROLLING ROCK FROM BELT JERKED A LARGE ROCK & CAUSED HERNIA
1990 · 1 incident
EE HAD JUST LIFTED A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND WAS SHOVELING THE BELTLINE WHEN SEVERE PAIN STRUCK IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.
1989 · 1 incident
EE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM TAIL PIECE WHEN THE HEAD DRIVE DUMPED ANOTHER ROCK HITTING EMPLOYEE ON WRIST OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING HAND THE BADLY BRUISE. BECOME SWOLLEN AND HAVE A SMALL CUT ON IT.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CHAIN ON CUTTING MACHINE AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM CHAIN INTO EMPLOYEES EYE.HE WAS BEATING ON THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER.
1986 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2OTING COAL FRTOM A PLACE WHICH HAD BEEN BOLTED CUT & T AMPED HE FAILED TO TAKE ADEFAUTE COVER BEFORE DETONATION A CORNER SECTION OF THE SHOT BLEW OUT CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS TO STRI5E EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED & HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED