Mining Incidents

No 2 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Tioga, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607775

MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 4607775). 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
1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1989 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 27, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Island Creek Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS FUELING A D-11 DOZER & IN THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING THE HOSE TO THE DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A ROCK WHICH WAS MUDDY & CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE