Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Shelby L Wilson
Rosspoint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515659

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1515659). 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
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Lee W Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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

1987 · 1 incident

March 30, 1987 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WELDING ON A SALEM COAL AUGER HE SUSTAINED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES