Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Miller Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Arthur C Miller
Gunlock, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516602

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1516602). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Miller Mining Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 23, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Miller Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

A TRAILING CABLE WAS ENERGIZED BY ANOTHER EMPL WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 4 incidents

April 4, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miller Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HE WAS WATCHING THE COAL FEEDER AND WAS BUSTING A LUMP OF COAL, WHEN HE TWISTED TO SWING THE HAMMER HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE.

March 26, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miller Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUST STARTED TO DRILL TOP AND HAD RUBBER GLOVES ON OUT GLOVE STUCK TO DRILL STEEL AND TWISTED KNUCKLE OUT ON JOINT ON MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. HAD TO BE PUT BANK IN PLACE AND STITCHES UP.