Mining Incidents

Easy Run No 2 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Z & M Inc · Underground
Controlled by Young John P
Bergoo, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607587

MSHA record for Easy Run No 2 Mine (mine ID 4607587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Briarwood Energy Inc 1988 to 1991
  2. Upper Point Mountain Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1992
  3. Upper Point Mountain Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  4. Cap Coal Inc 1993 to 1994
  5. Premium Smokeless Coal Company 1994 to 1994
  6. Premium Smokeless Coal Company 1994 to 1995
  7. Z & M Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Easy Run No 2 Mine sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 27, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briarwood Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT TO BE INSTALLED IN ROOF PULLED MUSCLE.