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#2 Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Jetter Ben & Edgar Cruey
Williamson, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605412

MSHA record for #2 Surface Mine (mine ID 4605412). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Mc Namee-Cheyenne 1977 to 1979
  2. Cheyenne Mining Company 1979 to 1985
  3. Daniels Creek Coal Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 Surface Mine sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

February 25, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheyenne Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

FRONT TIRE HIT ROCK,JERKED STEERING WHEEL,HIT ARM AND SPRAINED LEFT ARM.