Mining Incidents

#2 Surface: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Basham Calvin R
Calvin, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605415

MSHA record for #2 Surface (mine ID 4605415). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. California Fuel Company 1977 to 1983
  2. Technology Production Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 Surface sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1985 · 1 incident

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technology Production Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAMES WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ONTO THE TRUCK TO GET ANTRFREEZE FOR A D-9 DOZER

1984 · 5 incidents

October 8, 1984 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technology Production Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS HELPING TAKE THE COMPRESSION DRIVE CLUTCH AT OF A M8A DAY DRILL WHILE TAKING THE HOUSING OFF A SHIP PRICE OF METAL STACK IN HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 10, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Technology Production Inc · Struck by falling object

I,NAME WAS HELPING RE-PLACE A PIN IN THE BOOM ON A 992 END LOADER. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE HAMMER AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT WRIST.

August 27, 1984 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Technology Production Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I NMA E THE GREASER WAS PUTTING 30 OIL IN THE TYRNASMISSION OF A D9 BULL DOZER. WHEN HE PUT AIR IN THE DRUM THE END OF THE DRUM BUSTED OUT LETTING THE OIL HIT HIM IN THE FACE THE OIL GOT IN HI S EYE\S.

February 23, 1984 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technology Production Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS HELPING BREAK DOWN THE DRILL BY HOLDING THE JAWS WHEN THEY KICKED BACK AND H IT MY HAND

January 4, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Technology Production Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STEPPED ON TIRE FOOT SLIPPED SKINNED ON COUNTER WEIGHT

1983 · 2 incidents

December 31, 1983 WV · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Technology Production Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MECHANIC PUT JUMPER CABLES FROM ONE BATTERY TO THE BATTERY ON THE DRILL CAUSING ACID TO COME OUT OF THE BATTERY ON DRILL AND HIT DRILL OPERATOR IN THE LEFT EYE AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.