THE ROOF BOLT HOLE HAD BEEN DRILLED AND THE BOLTER OPERATOR WAS GOING TO COMPLETE THE TASK BY PUTTING THE ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE. WHEN THE BOLTWAS PLACED IN THE HOLE, THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HIT THE WRONG LEVER, WHICH TURNEDON THE ROTATION HEAD. WHEN THE ROOF BOLT STARTEDTO TWIST IT INJURED THE BOLTER OPERRATORS HAND. STATEMENT OF ACCIDENT WAS TAKEN FROM MINE FOREMA
No 2: 7 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1517204). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1993–1995
- Latest incident
- Mar 1995
- Claymon & Abram Adkins Coal Company 1992 to 1992
- Cliffco Enterprise Inc 1992 to present
No 2 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
7 on file1995 · 2 incidents
THE S & S 480 SCOOP WHICH VICTIM WAS OPERATING WAS DAMP FROM MOISTURE IN MINES. THE FLOOR OF MINES WHERE VICTIM WAS STANDING WAS ALSO WET AND MUDDY. VICTIM SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING IN OPERATOR'S DECK AND BANGED HIS RIGHT ELBOW. IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
1994 · 1 incident
LATERAL STRESS CAUSED BY ADJACENT PAILLARED AREK AND PRESENCE OF WATER IN ROOF IN THIS LIMITED AREA OF THE MINE. RESULTE DIN ROOF FAILER IN THIS AREA. FALL WAS ABOUT 4' THICK 19 W 225 L. WA S 0 STOUBY SPAD 494 OR #2 BELT.
1993 · 4 incidents
VICTIM SAID HE WAS BENDING BOLTS TO BE SET AND HURT BACK.
VICTIM SAID HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HANGMINER CABLE IN INTERSECTION AND TWISTED BACK WHILE HOLDING CABLE UP. VICTIM WORKED REST OF SHIFTAND NEVER REPORTED UNTIL NEXT DAY.
VICTIM NEDER REPORTER ACCIDENT UNTIL 8-20, VICTIM WAS ABSENT FROM WORK 8/17, TO 8/23. VICTIM SAID HE REMOVED KETTLE BOTTOM FROM HAULAGE WAY AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK HE CAME BACK TO WORK 8 -23- AND RANCAR TOP APPROX. 1 HR OR 60 MIN SAID HE COULD NOT WORK HIS BACK WAS STILL HURTING.
INJURED WAS PUSHING BOLT UP AND BOLT TWISTED CATCHING TWO FINGERS. INJURED REPORTED FROM DR. SHOCKLEY THAT FIFTH FINGER OR PINKY WAS BROKE AND FOURTH FINGER WAS BRUISED OR MASHED NAIL.