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Big Mountain No 2 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Belle Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by Lambert Margaret Sue
Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606801

Big Mountain No 2 Mine has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Ownership history
  1. First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1991
  2. Belle Enterprises Inc 1991 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)
1991 1
1986 0
1985 33 38,522
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Big Mountain No 2 Mine sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 28, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Belle Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

FATAL RESULTING FROM FALL OF ROOF WHEN VICTIM WENT INBY SUPPORTED ROOF. XPOSED. PILE OF ROCKDUST LOCATED 4 FT AND 9" UNDER REAR CENTER OF BOLTER 4 BOLTS MADE UP.