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#2 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

E & A Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bolen Aaron Doug
Whitby, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605846

#2 Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. E & A Coal Company 1978 to 1988
  2. E & A 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)
1990 0
1989 6 26,985
1988 12 43,502
1987 13 58,884
1986 10 33,427
1985 5 14,523
1984 12 42,825
1983 9 33,241
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#2 Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 13, 1984 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
E & A Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WENT TO HOSPITAL 3-13-84 FOR SWELLED LEFT KNEE. EE FELT THE INJURY WAS DUE TO CRAWLING.

1983 · 3 incidents

September 23, 1983 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E & A Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUSTAINED INJURY TO GROIN AREA WHILE LIFTING MINE CONVEYOR PAN.

May 18, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
E & A Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP, HIS KNEE CAUGHT TIMBER.