F & B Coal Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
DONT KNOW REPOR7ED NUMEROUS STORIES TO MANAGEMENT ALLEDGEDLY HURT BACK
Alma No 2: 7 reportable incidents Coal
F & B Coal Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Willie Blankenship
Matewan,
Mingo County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606487
MSHA record for Alma No 2 (mine ID 4606487). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Jul 1986
Ownership history
- Cumberland Village Mining Group Inc 1981 to 1983
- Fannin Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1985
- F & B Coal Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Alma No 2 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
7 on file1986 · 1 incident
1984 · 5 incidents
August 7, 1984
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYE WAS CRAWLING ALONG ENTRY AND PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF ROOF BOLT AND HIT RIGHT LEG AND BROKE BONE IN LEG ABOVE ANKLE.
July 18, 1984
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF BOLTER BOUNCED OPR INTO TOP HURTING NECK.
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
EMPLOYEE TOOK SICK UNDERGROUND AT DINNER HOLE AND COMPLAINED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAST HIS HEAD WAS KILLING HIM. HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE OUTSIDE AND SENT TO HOSPTIAL BY AMBULANCE THE DR EXAMINED HIM AND FOUND HE HAD A VEIN BURST IN BACK OF HEAD THIS REPORT IS FOR A RECORD OF INCIDENT ONLY.
May 21, 1984
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL WAS SLIDING ROCKDUSTER INTO BUCKET OF SCOOP AND HURT HIS BACK.
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
HELPING ELEC. TROUBLE SHOOT CUTTER PANEL AND LIGHT POWER BOX.
1983 · 1 incident
Fannin Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
ONE HOLE SHOT OUT AND HIT EMP IN THE FACE AND BACK