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No 2 Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Hoopwood Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Akers Arthur Bill
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1507975

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 1507975). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Hoopwood Mining Inc 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

August 21, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HELPING ON BOLTER, REPLACING BOLTS AT PORTAL OF #2 ENTRY. THE TOP WAS 9\ HIGH AND THE BOLTER OPERATOR NEEDED HELP HOLDING HIS STEEL TO START A HOLE. THE BOLTER STEEL CAME LOOSE AND HI T THE MAN HELPING ON THE HAND, HURTING HIS THUMB.

July 23, 1985 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING DUST AUGER FOR CUTTING MACHINE.BENT OVER AND STRAINED SIDE AND BACK.

May 10, 1985 KY · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

MEN WERE RIDING SCOOP INSIDE TO BEGIN WORK SCOOP HIT POT HOLE BOUNCED HIM & HURT BACK. OTHER MEN WERE RIDING IN SCOOP. HE WORKED ALL DAY FRI 5-10-85 MON 5-13-85 CAME OUT TO WORK TUE 5-14-85 WENT BACK HOME THEN WENT TO E/R.

1984 · 2 incidents

December 5, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS STARTING TO DRILL BOLT HOLE WHEN HE STARTED THE ROTATION UP IT THREW A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE HITTING HIM OVER THE TOP LIP CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION

November 5, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS DRILLING BOLT HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 1INX2IN THICK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT HIP

1983 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLTING TOP A PIECE OF COAL FELL HE JUMPED BACK QUICK FROM PIECE OF COAL AND HURT HIS BACK

June 8, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hoopwood Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP,ROCK FELL AND HIT HAND.