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Pilgrim Mine Number Two: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516047

MSHA record for Pilgrim Mine Number Two (mine ID 1516047). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. Pilgrim Mining Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pilgrim Mine Number Two sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1995 · 4 incidents

September 22, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SITTING ON THE MINE FLOOR ALONG SIDE A COAL RIB WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 10-9-94. AFTER VIEWING THE TREATING PHYSCIA IN S REPORT THE FINDINGS WERE DISCUSSED WITH MSHA OFFICIALS. IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS SHOULD BE TREATED AS A REPEATED TRAUMA CASE IN LIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

June 21, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A PORTION OF ROOF FELL IN THE NUMBER TWO ENTRY OUTBY ACTIVE WORKING SECTION THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 5FT THICK 20FT WIDE & 35 FT LONG THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 42IN RESIN GROUTED RODS

June 6, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND FRAME OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHLE ROUNDING A CORNER.

March 29, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BNET OVER, LIFTED A TRAILING CABLE AND BEGAN TO STEP FORWARD.

1994 · 5 incidents

November 16, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CROUCHED NEAR A COAL RIB WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR TRAMMED ONTO HIS RIGHT LEG. THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF THE POSITION OF THE EMPLOYEE.

October 26, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE NUMBER 5 ROOM EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE MINE ROOF. THE SUSPECTED FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE FOREMAN IN CHARGE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO MINERS. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED APPROX. 8'X27' X 30'. NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS ROOF FALL.

September 12, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT REACHED OVER THE TOP OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO SECURE SOME ROOF BOLTS. AS HE REACHED HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE MACHINE WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIMM EOF THE ACCID ENT.

August 12, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP ON CHARGE WHEN HIS ARM STRUCK A METAL STRAP ATTACHED TO THE ROOF.

July 14, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS HANDLING A TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS CHEST. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH A LOW HEART RATE. THE LATEST INFORMATION IS THAT HE IS BEING TREATE D FOR INFLAMED CARTILAGE OF THE CHEST.