Mining Incidents

No S-2 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Mentor Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Preece Kelly
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510989

MSHA record for No S-2 Mine (mine ID 1510989). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Potter Mining Company Inc 1977 to 1983
  2. D M & L Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1983
  3. Blair Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  4. V & R Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  5. Mack Coal Corp 1985 to 1986
  6. Mullins Mining Inc 1986 to 1986
  7. Lucky Lady Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  8. Hall-Cole Inc 1987 to 1987
  9. C & D Mining Company Inc 1987 to 1987
  10. Hopefull Coal Company 1987 to 1988
  11. Brute Coal Company 1988 to 1988
  12. Potter Mining Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  13. Mentor Mining Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No S-2 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 4, 1987 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Hall-Cole Inc · Contact with electrical current

FREE END OF EXP2SED 480 3 PHASE CABLE (6/3C) WERE LYING ON THE GROUND ENERGIZED. NEAR THE HIGH VOLTAGE SUBSTATION AND THE VICTI, CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

March 18, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Cole Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM MESSED U1 HIS BACK WHILE UNLOADING A OXY TANK FROM A TRUCK

1986 · 1 incident

August 13, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mullins Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE HAD BEEN WOR5ING U/G PULLING CABLE & WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE AT THE END OF T HE DAY & STOOD UP HE HAD TROUBLE STRAIGHTENING HIS LEG & HIS KNEE WAS HURTING. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED.