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No Ld-2a Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Fields Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary D Fields
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1505461

No Ld-2a Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Rita Coal Company 1950 to 1981
  2. Little Dollar Coal Company 1981 to 1983
  3. Fields Coal Company Inc 1983 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)
1984 17 8,877
1983 14 18,736
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No Ld-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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

August 3, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Dollar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON THE CX1 SS SCOOP. HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ON THE WHEEL HE HURT HIS BACK.