Mining Incidents

Mine No 2: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Atwell Holding Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stinson Virgie
Bradshaw, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608481

MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 4608481). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Oct 1996
Ownership history
  1. Fishtrap Resources Inc 1995 to 1998
  2. Atwell Holding Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 2 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fishtrap Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RELEASING A TIE DOWN THAT HAD A MOTOR TIED DOWN & WHEN IT RELEASED IT STRUCK HIM ON THE NOSE AND IT APPEARS TO BE BROKEN.

October 1, 1996 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fishtrap Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING MOTOR FOR MINER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1995 · 4 incidents

November 30, 1995 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fishtrap Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE RAN OVER A TIMBER IN THE ROADWAY AND CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HE CONTINUED WORKING THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT.

September 29, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Fishtrap Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING SMALL TREE WHEN THE TREE KICKED BACK STRIKING EE IN THE NOSE. NOSE UNBROKEN AND HIS NOTE AND UPPER LIP WERE LACERATED.

July 22, 1995 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fishtrap Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS HELPING THE MINER MAN PUT BITS IN THE MINE AND THE BIT RINGS SLIPPED AND THE RING HIT HIS HAT AND CAME DOWN INTO HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.