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Mine No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Jim Dandy Coals Inc · Underground
Controlled by Riffle Johanna M
Buckhannon, Lewis County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606592

Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Jim Dandy Coals Inc 1982 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)
1985 4 10,585
1984 11 88,616
1983 11 91,981
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 Lewis County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 8.1% 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.
Lewis County, West Virginia · Population 16,808
8.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,279
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

1984 · 2 incidents

October 8, 1984 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Dandy Coals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE IN AN ATEMPT TO HAND A 4/0 POWER CABLE, THE CABLE WAS TOO TIGHT. THEREFORE I.NAME HAD TO EXERT MORE POWER TO HANG THE CABLE TO A NEARBY BOLT PLATE. THE CABLE WAS TIGHT, THEREFORE IN AN A TTEMPT TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE HE BACKED UP PUTTING HIS FEET IN A MANNER TO WHICH HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 8, 1984 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Jim Dandy Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A 25\ CONVEYOR WITH A 966 WHEEL LOADER, THE CONVEYOR STUCK IN THE GROUND THEN JUMPED STRIKING VICTIM IN THE LOWER LEG, BREAKING IT