Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Leslie Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Gary, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604845

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4604845). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Leslie Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

April 4, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leslie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON A STOP ON THE BOOM OF THE BOLT MACHINE AND WHEN HE RAISED THE BOOM HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOON AND THE ATRS.