Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Burns Geary
Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512898

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 1512898). 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
1984–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1988
  2. Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc 1988 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

1988 · 4 incidents

September 27, 1988 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 7 X 9 X 18 FT HARDWOOD HEADER ABOVE HIS HEAD TO PLACE ON ROOF BOLTER FOR IMPLACEMENT

September 22, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 7"X9"X16' HARDWOOD HEADER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS CHEST AND UPPER PART OF SHOULDER.

1985 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE #1 ENTRY, MAIN INTAKE APPROX. 40\ INBY SPAD 243. FALL WAS FOUND BY MORRIS BOOTH AND FEDERAL INSPECTOR . A 4\ I TIMBER WALKWAY WAS INSTALLED ACORSS FALL AND 50 \ INBY & OUTBY FALL TO PREVENT FALL FROM EXTENDING.

January 30, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A SOFT AREA IN THE ROOF WAS WEAKENED FURTHER BY AN OVERLYING RIDER SEAM. THE FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE HORIZON OF THE ROOF BOLTS.

1984 · 1 incident

April 16, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A SOFT AREA IN THE ROOF WAS WEAKENED FURTHER BY AN OVERLYING RIDER SEAM, THE FALL WAS ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE HORIZON OF THE ROOF BOLTS