Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515398

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1515398). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 3, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INVESTIGATI2N DETERMED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED THE LAST ROOF BOLT IN PROPER SEQUENCE AND WHILE WAITING FOR OTHER OPERATOR TO FINISH HIS CYCLE, HE STEPPED BEYOND PERMENT ROOF SUPPOR T AND WAS STRUC5 BY A ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8X10X10 THICK AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 1 incident

December 3, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

FOR UNKNOWN REA8ONS EMPL NOT COMPLETELY UNDER ATRS SYSTEM OF MACHINE.A ROCK 8' X 10' X 10'' THICK STRUCK HIM AND KNOCKED HIM UNDER HEAD OF MACHINE INJURING HIS BACK AND LEFT HAND.

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The full compliance file on No 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.