Mining Incidents

No 2: 16 reportable incidents Coal

Kentucky Select Inc · Underground
Controlled by James B Simpkins
Debord, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517550

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 1517550). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky Select Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1995 · 6 incidents

March 2, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Select Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL: ON A WEEKLY EXAMINATION A FALL WAS FOUND ON THE RETURN. THE FALL WAS LOCATED 4 BRAKES INBY STOPPING #16 IN A RETURN AREA. THE FALL WAS A CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS FALLS IN THE AREA.

February 14, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Select Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN NO.2 ENTRY IN A INTERSECTION THAT WAS CRIBBED ON BOTH SIDES. FALL IS LOCATED 3 BREAKS OUTBY STATION 199. FALL CRIBBED 2 BREAKS OUTBY. INACTIVE SECTION AREA WAS ALL THAT WAS AFFECT ED.

January 20, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WHILE LOADING CRIB BLOCK INTO SCOOP BUCKET THE CRIB BLOCKS WERE STACKED ON THE RIB IN #4 HEADING ABOUT 4 HIGH & 2 WIDE HE SAID HE PICKED UP A CRIB BLOCK THE OTHER CRIB BLOCKS ROLLED DOWN & HIT HIM ON THE FOOT

January 18, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED A NAIL BOARD ON HIS RT FOOT STRIKING HIS FOOT BEHIND HIS HARD TOE COVER HE WAS HELPING MAKE A SPLICE O THE STACKER BELT OUTSIDE

1994 · 10 incidents

December 20, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kentucky Select Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PINNING TOP AND PIN WRENCH SLIP OFF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HEAD OF PINNER.

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING MOVE THE MINER INTO NO. 7 ENTRY.L AFTER COMPLETING THE MOVE THE MINER OPERATOR BACK THE MINER OUT OF THE FACE TO SET BITS. WHILE HE WAS WALKING BY THE MINER A PIECE OF ROCK 18 I MCHES BY 21 INCHES BY 2 INCHES FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING HIS HARD HAT.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Select Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A CONTINOVATION OF A ROOF FALL IN THE RETURN AT STOPPING NO. 16 IN NO. 4 ENTRY FALL CRIB AT ALL POINTS.

November 16, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Select Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WATER IN TOP, COAL SEAM IN TOP. LOCATION 11 BRKS FROM FACE AREA #! ENTRY 9 BRKS INBY #2 BELT HEAD.

October 4, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Select Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AREA OF ROOF WITH WATER COMING OUT OF TOP. LOCATION: #10 BRKS. IN #2 ENTRY INBY #1 TAILPIECE. APPROX. 4 BRKS.

September 1, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Select Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING TO FINISH BELT MOVE WAS LIFTING ON BELT ROPES AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

August 30, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS INSTALLING FLIGHT SECTION IN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER HE HIT IT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER & PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED & HIT LEFT ARM