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Mine No 2: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Valley Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jeffrey B Sayers
Whitby, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608220

Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1992–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
4
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 4 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ridgeway Development Corp 1992 to 1995
  2. Coal Valley Mining Inc 1995 to 1995
  3. Coal Valley Mining Inc 1995 to present
  4. S & S Leasing Inc 1997 to 1999
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)
2001 0
1999 0
1998 5 10,021
1997 10 41,111
1996 14 66,283
1995 4 13,432
1994 10 76,472
1993 12 92,289
1992 10 819
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 Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1998 · 1 incident

April 13, 1998 WV · Coal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
S & S Leasing Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON OR ABOUT 4-13-98, A PARTIAL FALL WAS ENCOUNTERED AT FAN ENTRY. APPARENTLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF DIRT AND ROCK FELL GRADUALLY DURING NEXT FEW DAYS THEN ON 4-17-98, FAN WAS CUT OFF COMPLETELY DUE TO FAN OPENING BEING COMPLETELY BLOCKED DUE TO ROCK FALL IN MAIN INTAKE.

1997 · 2 incidents

1995 · 1 incident

October 10, 1995 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coal Valley Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINE HAD BEEN IDLE. UPON CHECKING MINE, FOREMAN DISCOVERED ROOF FALL ON 1 PM, OCTOBER 10, 1995. REPORTED TO MSHA, JIMMY CLINE, AT 1:30 PM. EXACT TIME OF FALL NOT KNOWN.

1994 · 2 incidents

1993 · 2 incidents

1992 · 1 incident