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#10 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Union Carbide Corp
Pond Gap, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604175

MSHA record for #10 Mine (mine ID 4604175). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Coal Management Inc 1974 to 1980
  2. Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#10 Mine 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

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

March 31, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PORTABLE GRINDER ON PIECE OF METAL WHEN PORTABLE GRINDER KICKED BACK CUTTING LEFT WRIST.

January 24, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

J D PRICES LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A FALLING POST 3 IN BY 10 IN BY 7 1/2 FT AND T HE BELT HEAD CHAIN GUARD REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES TO CLOSE THE THREE LACERATIONS RECEIVED