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No 2 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Niece Wilford
Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515464

MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 1515464). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Apple Tree Mining Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Surface 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 8, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Apple Tree Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WAITING FOR REPAIRS TO HIS EQUIPMENT (BULLDOZER) THAT HE WAS OPERATING AND IN THE PROCESS OF WARMING BY A FIRE, HIS CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE. HE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS BACK AND HIP AREAS