Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Cow Creek Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Brown Eugene
Ragland, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607876

No 2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Cow Creek Coal Company 1990 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 39 43,529
1990 37 258,929
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 2 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 17, 1991 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cow Creek Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STANDING ON SCOOP FOOTING WAS LOST & R ILEY FELL AGAINST SCOOP BATTERY ON SHOULDER OF THE LEFT ARM