EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 7 X 9 X 18 FT HARDWOOD HEADER ABOVE HIS HEAD TO PLACE ON ROOF BOLTER FOR IMPLACEMENT
No 2 Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal
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
- Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1988
- Mc Ginnis Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
No 2 Mine 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 file1988 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 7"X9"X16' HARDWOOD HEADER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS CHEST AND UPPER PART OF SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT OXYGEN TANK SINGLE HANDED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS ABCK.
ROOF FALL IN INTAKE 80 FT LONG APPROX. 20 FT HIGH RIDER SEAMS APPEARED TO LET TOP SEPARATE AND FFALL ABOVE BOLT ANCHOR.
1985 · 2 incidents
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.
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
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