Mining Incidents

Gobel #2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Shell Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Staud Frank Joe
Shinnston, Harrison County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606030

MSHA record for Gobel #2 (mine ID 4606030). 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
1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Jo-Lee Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1983
  2. Shell Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gobel #2 sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Harrison County, West Virginia · Population 65,407
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,326
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

1984 · 1 incident

November 13, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shell Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STEPPED ACROSS CONVEYOR BELT TO SHUT OFF PUMP WHEN BELT WAS STOPPED FROM INSIDE HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLE IN BELT AND BELT WAS ACTIVATED INSIDE MINE, BEFORE HE COULD FREE HIMSELF, RESULT IN HIM BEING PULLED INTO DRIVE UNIT WHERE UPON HE LOST HIS RIGHT FOOT.