Mining Incidents

No 2 Surface Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Sand Bar Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Blair David
Elkfork, Morgan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510968

MSHA record for No 2 Surface Mine (mine ID 1510968). 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
1983–1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Seminole Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. Sand Bar Mining Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Surface Mine sits in Morgan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Morgan County, Kentucky · Population 13,938
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,493
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

1986 · 2 incidents

August 18, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

KNOCKING TRACK 1IN IN D8K SPRINGED RIGHT SIDE.

August 15, 1986 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE THE HYDRO1SEEDER TRUCK WHICH THE STRAW BLOWER TRAILOR IS HOOKED TO WAS ON THE HAUL ROAD I,NAME REACHED UP TO GET A BALE OF STRAW OFF STRAW BLOWER TRAILOR GETTING HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT BEN EATH THE TIRE. 7HE VEHICLE DRUG HIM APPROX. FIVE TO SIX FEET. LEAVING I,NAME PNNED UNDER THE TRUCK.

1985 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPING DOWN D8-C CAT DOZER THAT WAS BLOCKED UP-TWISTED KNEE.

July 10, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A 50 POUND BAG OF PRELL TWISTED BACK.

July 10, 1985 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING 55 GALLON BARREL LUBE GREASE FROM 980 LOADER TO GREASE TRUCK WHILE LIFTING BARRELL INTO TRUCK TWISTED LOWER PART OF BACK.

May 20, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Fall from machine

WAS LIFTING AN 2 H.P. BRIGGS & STATON FUEL PUMP TO LOAD ONTO LOW BOY. STEPPED UP ON TO LOW-BOY, FOOT SLIPPED, FELL AND TWISTED BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

July 27, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sand Bar Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON A PIECE OF EQUIP WHEN THE RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF AND HE WAS BURNED BY THE STEAM AND LIQUID