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Big Creek #2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Bw Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ward Frankie B
Yukon, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606814

MSHA record for Big Creek #2 (mine ID 4606814). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Resources Development Corp 1984 to 1987
  2. Big Creek Mining Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. R B J Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  4. Clear Water W & L Coal Inc 1988 to 1988
  5. Bw Mining Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Creek #2 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1985 · 1 incident

January 1, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Resources Development Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS SET7ING IN SHUTTLE CAR WAITING TO CHANGE OUT UNDER MINER WHEN ROCK SCALE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN PINS STRIKING INJURED IN CHEST. ROCK WAS 2" THICK X 4' WIDE X 6' LONG. SHUTTLE CAR WA S IN 5 ENTRY IN6Y #5042 SPAD ABOUT 40'

1984 · 3 incidents

September 24, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Resources Development Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE ROOF BOLTING ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND

September 24, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Resources Development Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A MINER CABLE & FELT SOME THING PULL IN HIS BACK AT THEIS TIME PAIN BEGAN IN IS BACK AND LEG.

August 22, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Resources Development Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FOREFINGER BETWEEN PLATE ANDTOP WHILE TIGHTEN BOLT WITH DRILL HEAD ON ROOF BOLTER. FOREFINGER ON RT. HAND WAS SMASHED.