Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

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

Gobel #2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Gobel #2.

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.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1984 9 16,057
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.