Mining Incidents

Pax Mountain Job: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Harvey Energy Corp · Surface
Controlled by Kizer John E
Pax, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607502

MSHA record for Pax Mountain Job (mine ID 4607502). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Harvey Energy Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pax Mountain Job 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

April 30, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harvey Energy Corp · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS GETTING OFF PAN AT END OF SHIFT, HE SLIPPED CATCHING HIS TOE. INJURY WAS TO 2ND TOE ON RIGHT FOOT. TOE OUT OF SOCKET.

February 1, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Harvey Energy Corp · Struck against a moving object

PAIN ABOUT MIDBACK AFTER SITTING AND OPERATING DOZER.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 27, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harvey Energy Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHNIC WAS LIFTING JACK FOR DOZER AND CAHIN SLIPPED HITTING HIM ABOVE LEFT EYE RESULTING IN A CUT.

July 25, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harvey Energy Corp · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING WHEELS EAL FROM MOTOR AND CUT HIS THUMB.