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Pepper Coal

Royalty Smokeless Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Massey Energy Company

Havaco, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4605892

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1986–1988
Latest incident: Feb 1988

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

January 7, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Soho Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS 3N THE FACE OF THE #5 ENTRY WHERE THE ROOF BOLTER WAS OPERATING THE VICTIM WENT INBY PERMANENT SUPPORTS AND WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK APPROX 8 FT X 6 FT X 14 FT

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

February 18, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY

Special Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER ON UPHILL GRADE WHEN RIPPER JACK PEN ROLLED OFF THE MINER & HIT I.NAME KNEE LATER HE WAS POULLING CABLE OUT OF ROAD WAY & TWISTED HIS H IP