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No 2a Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Ersel
Burnwell, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511508

No 2a Mine has had no fatalities among 8 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Bent Mountain Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1979
  2. Diamond Energy Inc 1979 to 1980
  3. C & R Coal Company 1980 to 1988
  4. Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1992 0
1990 12 8,095
1989 13 43,215
1988 12 36,075
1983 9 33,237
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 2a Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 1, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON ENDLOADER WENT TO GET OFF AND HIS LEG WAS CRAMPED UP.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 20, 1989 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

HE DIDN'T KNOCK BRACKER OR UNPLUG CAT HEAD TO WORK ON BELT BOX TO CHECK TIPS.

May 18, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING UP PINS ON ROOF BOLT GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND ATRS BREAKING WRIST

1988 · 3 incidents