Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 5 Coal

Kent Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Paul K Moran
Spring Dale, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606553

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 5 (mine ID 4606553). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

June 25, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kent Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBED INTO POWDER TRAILER AND HIT LEFT KNE ON METAL END ON REAR OF TRAILER

February 17, 1984 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kent Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TILT JACK SLIPPED OUT OF CHAIN WHILE LIFTING. FELL ON FOREARM & CRACKED THE BONE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 12, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Company · Fall from machine

JULIAN BRYANT SIFERS WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET UPON A BULLDOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UPON THE DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT THE RIGHT CORNER OF HIS MOUTH AND BREAKING HIS BOTTOM DENTURES TH E CUT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES

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The full compliance file on Surface Mine No 5

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.