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Bowman Limestone Company Incorporated: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hevener Tim
Pocahontas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607595

MSHA record for Bowman Limestone Company Incorporated (mine ID 4607595). 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
1989–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Bowman Limestone Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bowman Limestone Company Incorporated sits in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia · Population 7,855
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,200
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

1992 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bowman Limestone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER IN THE OPEN PIT WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE HIGHWALL ABOVE WHERE HE WAS DIGGING. IT THEN FELL AND ROLLED AGAINST THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER.

May 2, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Bowman Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WITH HIM FOOT ADN THE DRILL CAMEE DOWN AGAINST THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

August 22, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Bowman Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING 2 FLAT TIRES INFLATING 2ND TIRE, WHEEL BLOWED APART STRIKING INJURED PERSON IN HEAD, CHEST AND LEFT LEG. WHEEL AND TIRE BOTH STRUCK THE INJURED PERSON.