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Mine No 2: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Teays Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smith Stirl Richard
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606370

Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Tony'S Colliery Inc 1981 to 1989
  2. Teays Mining Inc 1989 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)
1991 5 16,741
1990 16 97,670
1989 5 2,520
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 2 sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

March 30, 1991 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Teays Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS IN PRECESS OF ALIGNING A PIECE OF BGELT STRUCTURE THE PIECE OF BOTTOM STRUCTURE HAD TURNED OVER & I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO RT IT WHEN STRUCTURE CAME OFF BELT ROPE CATCHING FINGER BE TWEEN ROPE & STRUCTURE

January 8, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Teays Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DRIPPED A TORQUE SHAFT ON HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING INDEX FINGER.

1990 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Teays Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS RUNNING SCOOP HE STARTED THROUGH CURTAIN THERE WAS PIECE OF WIRE HANGING DOWN IT SCRATCHED LEFT EYE.

April 16, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Teays Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING 486 SCOOP. HE LEANED OVER OPERATING DECK AND STARTED IT. SCOOP JUMPED FORWARD ROOFING HIM BETWEEN TOP AND CANOPY LEG.