Mining Incidents

No 2: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Elm Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Mooney James S Sr
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515322

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1515322). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Elm Coal Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1986 · 4 incidents

June 5, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL RECOVERING3TIMBERS FROM MINED-OUT SECTION OF BELTLINE ENTRY.A TIMBER FELL HITTING HIM IN BACK OF HEAD RAISING KNOT ON BACK OF HEAD COMPLETED WORKING SHIFT.

April 16, 1986 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

CELITE INC A VE3DOR HAD DELIVERY TRUCK AT MINE SIGHT DRIVER GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND LEFT ENGINE RUNNING AND TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR TRUCK S TARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS TOWARD A HILL DRIVER TRIED TO GET INSIDE VEHI7LE BUT TOO LATE HE JUMPED CLEAR AS VEHICLE ROLLED OVER EMBANKMENT

March 3, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON JUMP9R CABLE WHEN CHARGING BATERY ON SCOOP AND FELT TWINGE IN ABDOMEN

February 18, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MAN WAS PULLING3ON MINER CABLE SLACK WHEN HE STATED THAT HE HURT HIMSELF.

1985 · 5 incidents

November 18, 1985 KY · Coal master electrician POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME HAD MANTRIP BLOCKED UP & WORKING UNDER IT HAD IT PARKED BEHIND LINE C URTAIN. SCOOP OPERATOR BACKED PARTWAY THRU CURTAIN & BUMPED MANTRIP. SCOOP OPERATOR, SUPERINTENDENT HEARD I.NAME S HOUT & PULLED HIM FROM UNDER MANTRIP. VICTIM COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AREA

November 16, 1985 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

SCOOP OPERATOR HAD OXYGEN BOTTLE IN SCOOP & WAS CLEANING FEEDER - BREAKER WITH SCOOP - OXYGEN BOTTLE WENT ONTO FEEDER AND THROUGH BREAKER

November 13, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING SHU7TLE CAR-HIT ROCK OR COAL OR OTHER OBJECT IN ROADWAY. IT JARRED HIM AROUND, HE FINISHED DAYS WORK ON 11-11-85 & WORKED FULL DAY 11-12-85 & WAS OFF 11-13,14,15,16 & CAME BACK TO WORK ON 11-18-85

October 14, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

MEN HAD JUST ST5RTED USING DRESSING AREA AND I NAME STEPPED ON A CARPENTERS SQUARE WHILE BAREFOOTED. SOME CARPENTRY TOOLS WERE STILL IN AREA AS IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED.

October 9, 1985 KY · Coal master electrician SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING GUA9D BACK ON TO THE FEEDER SECTION OF CONVEYOR-FOOT SLIPPED AND GUARD WAS HEAVY-WRENCHED BACK.