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No 2 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Big Valley Coal Corp · Underground
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607640

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4607640). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Big Valley Coal Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1990 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Valley Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HARD HAT AGAINST THE SHUTTLE CARS CANOPY THIS BLOW CAUSED A POSSIBLE CHIP FX OF T1K DORSAL VERTEBRA

July 9, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Valley Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM TOP HIT MINING MACHINE AND ROLLDED OFF AND STRUCK MINER ON THE HAND ON ANKLE.