Mining Incidents

No 2: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Hunter Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger Hunter
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517107

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1517107). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1992–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Ownership history
  1. Hunter Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

March 1, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hunter Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT KNEE ON EQUIPMENT WHILE CHANGING BATTERIES.

January 30, 1996 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hunter Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL INBY 1 XCUT OF SPAD NO 833 IN ABANDONED AREA OF MINE. THE FALL IS ABOUT 5' THICK, 16' WIDE, ABOUT 150' LONG. FALL WAS FOUND WHEN MAKING THE RETURN OF MINES.

1995 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hunter Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

100 FT ENTRY SPAD 819 OCCURED IN A RM OFF OF NO. 1 ENTRY 2 CROSS CUT OUTBY FACE, WE KNOW IT WAS GOING TO FALL, WE HAD SET TIMBER AND DANGER. IT OFF, 8 TO 10 FT THICK 10 FT LONG 16 FT WIDE.

August 17, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hunter Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 10' INBY BY SPAD 751 OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY, 3 XCUT OUTBY FACE, 6' THICK, 40' LONG, 17' WIDE, FALL WAS FOUND ON PRESHIFT.

1992 · 1 incident

August 20, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hunter Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

65081D JUST INSTALLED A NEW LIGHT SWITCH IN A SCOOPE AND HAD PANEL COVER LAYING IN DECK OF SCOOPE. EE TOLD HIS BROTHER TO PUT PANEL BACK ON AND THEN EE WALKED TO OFFICE. ABOUT 5 MIN. LATER EE 65530BACK TO MOTOR BARM WHERE SCOOPE WAS. WHEN EE ARRIVED EE FOUND HIM SITTING HIS ON GROUND IN FRONT OF SCOOPE TURNING SWITCHES ON. SCOOPE MOVED FORWARD ON FOOT.