Mining Incidents

No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Big Oak Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Robert
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516077

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1516077). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Big Oak Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

November 11, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Oak Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS IN 1ROCESS OF PUTTING TRAM CHAIN ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TTRAM CHAIN AND SPROCKET.

October 22, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Oak Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

001 SECTION #3 9NTRY 3RD CROSS CUT OUTBY FACE.6' HIGH 20' SQUARE 5' LENGTH CONVENTIONAL BOLTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OVERSIZED BEARING PLATE USED.

August 18, 1987 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Big Oak Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS WAL5ING TOWARD THE FACE ANDA PIECE OF SOAPSTONE 2'X6"X0 TO 4" STRIKING INJURED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND SECOND PIECE 14" ROUND 0 TO 4" IN THICKNESS FELL STRIKING INJUREDED ON RIGHT LEG BREAKING F9MOR BONE.