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No 8 Tsm Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Cyprus Kanawha Corp · Surface
Powellton, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607386

MSHA record for No 8 Tsm Mine (mine ID 4607386). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Hawks Nest Mining Company 1987 to 1989
  2. Cyprus Kanawha Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 8 Tsm Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 5, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING TIRE ON PRO R-50 EUCLID-INSTALLING NEW TIRE-TIRE APPARENTLY FAIL ON TO VICTIM WHICH CAUSED VICTIM TO FALL AGAINST CONTGROLS OF BOOM RESULTING IN BOOM KNUCKLING DOWN WHICH CAUSED DAMAG E TO UPPER BACK OF VICTIM.

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 3 incidents

May 31, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Kanawha Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER CAME TO SWITCHBACK AFTER BACKING TO ENTER SWITCH BACK AND PUT TRUCK IN WRONG GEAR I NAME THEN TRIED TO PUT TRUCK IN LOWER GEAR AND COULD NOT I ANME PANICKED AND PUT TRUCK IN DITCH TURNI NG IT OVER

May 16, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Kanawha Corp · Struck by falling object

REMOVING A PIN FROM LOADER, PIN FELL CAUGHT FINGER.

February 28, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO POWDER HAULAGE TO GET A TAPE MEASURE,SLIPPED FROM TRUCK AND SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT.

1988 · 7 incidents

December 14, 1988 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM #201 MICHIGAN LOADER FELL FROM TOP STEP TO THE GROUND

November 10, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TRAVELING THE HAUL ROAD FROM THE HAWK'S NEST TSM MINE THE BRAKES MALFURCTIONED ON THE COAL HAULAGE VEHICLE, THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 1,000 FT, I,NAME JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK PRIOR TO THE T RUCK GOING INTO THE DITCH AND SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

August 16, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TOP OF WATER TRUCK AND LANDED ON AN AIR CLEANER OF THE TRUCK.

August 3, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall from machine

ENGINE STALLED ON DOZER EMPLOYEE STATED THA THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD AND HE JUMPED FROM DOZER AND INJURED HIS KNEE

August 1, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR WAS OPENED ON ROCK TRUCK AND WHILE REACHING FOR SEAT BELT DOOR CLOSED ON FINGER.

July 26, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START A WATER PUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FOR NO APPARENT CAUSE AND CLAIMS HE SUFFERED A LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

March 10, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STEPPED OUT OF COAL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ON TO A ROCK THAT TURNED OVER AND HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.