Mining Incidents

No 2 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Tamroy Mining Inc · Surface
Pax, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604946

MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 4604946). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Tamroy Mining Inc 1975 to 1980
  2. Tamroy Mining Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Surface sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 4 incidents

October 30, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamroy Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CUTTING EDGE FOR A CAT DOZER OFF OF TRUCK SLIPPED & PULLED SHOULDER.

October 8, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tamroy Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING PIN OUT OF CAP ON 992 BUCKET AND PIECE OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG.

September 20, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tamroy Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TEMOBING A SHOCK FROM A EQUIPMENT STRAINED SHOULDER.

April 16, 1984 WV · Coal OTHER
Tamroy Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME. WAS A PROPERTY OWNER OF A PREVIOUS PERMIT THAT TAMROY HAD MINED AND HAD ALWAYS CUT FIREWOOD ON MINE PROPERTY. HE HAD A DOZER OPERATOR PUSH TWO CHERRY TREES DOWN AND PLACE THEM IN A N UNCONGESTED LOCATION. I.NAME. THEN PROCEEDED TO CUT APPROX. 12 LOGS OFF OF THE ROOT END OF TREES AND SAT DOWN TO REST ON TREES. SOMETHING CAUSED THE TREES TO SHIFT & I.NAME WAS FOUND IN A LI