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No 4 Coal

Elmina Coal Company · Underground

Controlled by Bowman Robert A

War, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4606894

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 1987
Latest incident: Aug 1987

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 5, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Elmina Coal Company · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS PROC9DING DOWN HAUL ROAD WHEN ENGINE BRAKE KILLED THE ENGINE RENDERING NO BRAKES.AIR BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING THE TRUCK.THEY WERE SPONGY.DRIVER AND RIDER JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WERE NOT SERIOUSLY 3NJURED.