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No 2 Surface Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Kessler Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by K C Holding Company
Whitesville, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606616

No 2 Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Kessler Coals Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1991 2
1990 3
1989 1
1988 0
1987 0
1986 1 2,686
1985 9 47,417
1984 12 79,617
1983 12 113,069
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 2 Surface Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 4, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kessler Coals Inc · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER. THERE WAS MUD ON HIS FEET AND THE TRACKS OF THE DOZER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS CHEST KNOCKING THE BREATH OUT OF HIM AND BRUISING HIS CH EST AREA.

1984 · 4 incidents

September 17, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kessler Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RUNNING DOZER MAKING A LAND FILL AND INJURED BACK BY STEELING TOSSED AROUND IN DOZER CAB IF INJURED HAD BEEN WEARING SEAT BELTS NO INJURY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.

September 8, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kessler Coals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

TRUCK DRIVER DUMPED TRUCK LOAD OF COAL ON BEN GRIGGLY AND WAS BUSTING LARGE LUMPS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

April 21, 1984 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Kessler Coals Inc · Fall from machine

TRUCK COMING DOWN GRADE WHEN JAKE BREAK FAILED TO HOLD AND FOOT BREAK WOULDNT STOP TRUCK IT WAS LOADED WITH COAL DRIVER WAS BRUISED AND SOME MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES WHERE JE JUMPED FROM TRUCK.