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No 2 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Guy Richard L
Eccles, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608371

MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 4608371). 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
1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Ownership history
  1. Pups Creek Coals Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Surface sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
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

1995 · 1 incident

August 11, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pups Creek Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN TO A FILL AREA. OPERATOR BACKED TRUCK UP TO DUMP AND BACKED AT AN ANGLE AND ONE SET OF REAR WHEELS WENT DOWN OFF APPROXIMATE 2' LIFT. THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON IT'S SIDE WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DUMP THE LOAD. MINOR DAMAGE TO TRUCK RAILING AND SHEET METAL. OPERATOR EJECTED FROM CAB.