Hamrick Run Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING MINER CABLE AND PULLED BACK.
Hamrick Run Coal Co #2: 5 reportable incidents Coal
Hamrick Run Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Hewitt Clair
Richwood,
Nicholas County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607221
MSHA record for Hamrick Run Coal Co #2 (mine ID 4607221). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Dec 1988
Ownership history
- Hamrick Run Coal Company 1986 to present
- L & O Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
- Jodie Mining Inc 1988 to 1988
- Hamrick Run Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Hamrick Run Coal Co #2 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1988 · 3 incidents
Hamrick Run Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HAD KNEE BETWEEN LOW STRUCTURE AND UP RIGHT JACK MOBILE BRIDGES MOVING BACK HOOKED STRUCTURE SHOVING IT BACK CATCHING INJ PERSON KNEE.
October 25, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Hamrick Run Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
MAN INSTALLING BOLT.ACE BANDAGE ON HAND CAUGHT ON BOLT TWISTED HIS ARM AROUND SHAFT OF BOLT.
1987 · 2 incidents
July 21, 1987
WV · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hamrick Run Coal Company · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF ROCK H5NGING AT FACE,FELL OUT WHILE SHOOTING COAL.AND HIT LEFT LEG.
June 19, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Hamrick Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TAKING DOWN FLY3BOARDS HAD ALTR DOWN AND PUT LT ARM OVER ATRS AND ACCIDENTLY SET ATRS AGAINST ROOF AND PINNING ARM BETWEEN ROOF AND ATRS.