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No 2 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Ford Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Lawson W Hamilton Jr
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603839

MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 4603839). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ford Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Surface 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

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

November 29, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ford Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DOZER ARM FELL ON FINGER.

1983 · 2 incidents

February 23, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY A CRIB BLOCK THROWN BY A FELLOW EMPLOYEE RESULTING IN A FRACTUARE OF THE RT. ZYGOMA.