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No 8 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Peter K Moran
Kayford, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606855

No 8 Surface has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Princess Beverly Coal Company Inc 1984 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 1 304
1990 17 176,560
1989 26 301,996
1988 22 182,586
1987 13 132,415
1986 8 87,156
1985 8 81,058
1984 4 13,245
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 8 Surface sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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

1990 · 1 incident

July 24, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Beverly Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MAN USED TO DRIVING MACK TRUCK.THIS TIME PUT IN INTERNATIONAL.HE ADJUSTED BRAKES NOT KNOWING THEY WERE BACKWARDS FROM MACK,INSTEAD OF TIGHTENING BRAKES,HE LOOSENED THEM.CAME DOWN HILL IN 1ST,W ENT TO 2ND,WITH JAKE BRAKE WENT 3RD,HIT BRAKES DIDNT HAVE ANY.TRIED TO GO BACK TO SECOND,GOING TOO FAST,MISSED 2ND WENT INTO 5TH GEAR RAN INTO DITCH,TURNED OVER.

1989 · 1 incident

March 16, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Princess Beverly Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING TIMBER DROPPED CHAINSAW, CUT KNEE LEFT ARM.

1988 · 2 incidents