Mining Incidents

No 2 Surface Coal

Controlled by Thomas King Evans
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516911

MSHA sampling at No 2 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1991–2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
24
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 24 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.34
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-25.
Silica (quartz)
30.4
silica avg (%)
30.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-02-02.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-25.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 3,016 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,210 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2000 · 1 incident

1998 · 2 incidents

May 25, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

March 28, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WET HAND RAIL DUE TO RAIN, LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM HAND RAIL PUTTING ALL BODY WEIGHT ON RT ARM & SHOULDER CAUSING PULL TO UPPER RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.

1997 · 1 incident

August 21, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HYDROSEEDER DOING RECLAMATION WORK WHEN THE HOT SEED MIXTURE SEEPED INTO HIS RIGHT BOOT CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON THE DORSAL ASPECT OF RIGHT FOOT.

1996 · 2 incidents

May 6, 1996 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON D10N DOZER & IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRADDLING THE PUSH-ARM OF THE DOZER.

February 14, 1996 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER WHEN HE RUN MACHINE INTO A STRIPPED AUGER AREA, TWISTING AND CAUSING TRAMMA TO EMPLOYEE'S BACK.

1995 · 1 incident

August 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 773 HAULBACK ENGINE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL AGAINST THE CRIBBING UNDER THE TRUCK INJURING HIS BACK

1994 · 1 incident

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER MONITORING A MINING BLAST EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE SEISMOGRAPH TO PUT IT IN THE TRUCK & TWISTED HIS BACK RESULT WAS STRAIN IN THE LOWER BACK

1992 · 7 incidents

November 6, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON RECLAIMING HIS BACK SEEM TO HAVE BEEN STRAINED FROM LIFTING SACKS OF GRASS SEED.WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED UNTIL 11-09-92.

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEMOC-BLACK LUNG

March 26, 1992 KY · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PROLONGED BREATHING OF COAL AND ROCK DUST BLACK LUNG PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

March 14, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TONGUE OF LIGHT PLANT WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK.

March 7, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE BACKING UP ON BULLDOZER HE BACKED OVER A LARGE ROCK AND JARRED HIS BACK INJURING IT.

February 7, 1992 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FOOT SLIPPED WHILE MOVING A WATER PUMP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AGAINST HIS PICK-UP TRUCK HE INJURED HIS BACK.

1991 · 1 incident

February 13, 1991 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SLIDING DOOR BECAME JAMMED. TRYING TO SHUT THE DOOR. WHEN THE DOOR CAME FREE, IT SHUT CATCHING THE END OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on No 2 Surface

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.