Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Gillette Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by John F Stapleton
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515276

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1515276). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Gillette Coal Corp 1985 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

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

August 1, 1985 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gillette Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS RUNNING A CUTER WHEN PIECE OF SHAGY MUD FELLOUT OF MUD SEAM STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER EMP WAS IN A SQUATTING POSITION WHEN ROCK FELL FALLING HEAD DOWN BETWEEN HIS LEGS