LIFTING CUTTING EDGE FOR A CAT DOZER OFF OF TRUCK SLIPPED & PULLED SHOULDER.
No 2 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal
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
- Tamroy Mining Inc 1975 to 1980
- Tamroy Mining Inc 1980 to present
No 2 Surface sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
4 on file1984 · 4 incidents
KNOCKING PIN OUT OF CAP ON 992 BUCKET AND PIECE OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG.
TEMOBING A SHOCK FROM A EQUIPMENT STRAINED SHOULDER.
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