Mining Incidents

Kambric No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Viking Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Avx Inc
Valley Point, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607358

MSHA record for Kambric No 2 (mine ID 4607358). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Viking Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kambric No 2 sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 3, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING TOP COVER FOROM POWER CENTER EMPL CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN COVER AND FRAME WORK CAUSING LACERATION OF L RINGER FINGER

1988 · 1 incident

July 16, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LIFTING A 7 IN X 9 IN X 20 FT OAK BAR ONTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN BAR ROLLED AND CAUGHT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER BAR TIP OF FINGER WAS LACERATED