Mining Incidents

Boomer Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Perry & Hylton Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hylton Tracy W
Boomer, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603434

MSHA record for Boomer Surface Mine (mine ID 4603434). 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
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Perry & Hylton Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Boomer Surface Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1983 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

WALKING SLOPE WITH DOZER, BACKED OVER ROCK JARRED BACK.