Mining Incidents

Buffalo No 2 Coal

Mountain Top Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Polce Mary L
Oakland, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1800235

MSHA record for Buffalo No 2 (mine ID 1800235). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Franklin Polce Coal Company 1950 to 1982
  2. Mountain Top Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buffalo No 2 sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.