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No 2 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Wesley D. Burke
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515585

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 1515585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Red Flame Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

September 12, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Red Flame Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING ROCK HAULER AND WAS BACKING UP TO THE DUMP SITE WHEN HE REPORTED THE BRAKE FALLED AND THE AHUYLER AND DRIVER WENT OVER EMBANKMENT NO SERIOUS INJURIES BUT HAD X RAYS TO BE SURE ONLY BRUISED TRUCK WAS CHECKED OUTAND REPORTED TO HAVE HAD BRAKES.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Red Flame Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PUNCH ON 8OZER HAD TO MOVE DOZER SLIGHTLY ON BLOCKS AND PUNCH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND

July 7, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flame Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ATTEMP7ED TO LIFT A 55 GAL BARRELL OF OIL APPROX.WT.400LBS VICTIM INJURED BACK IN PROCESS OF LOADING BARRELL OF OIL ALSO HAD SOME LEG PAIN