Mining Incidents

Alco #1 Mine Coal

Alco Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hawkins George Allen
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607388

MSHA record for Alco #1 Mine (mine ID 4607388). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 20, 1989 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alco Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE ARC INVOLVED WAS MINED APPROX. 03-23-89. AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A SLIP AND THERE WAS NO INDICIATION OF A PROBLEM IN THE TEST HOLE. A PPARENTLY THERE WAS A ALT IN THE ONE AREA, THAT FELL.

1988 · 1 incident

October 7, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alco Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ONLY THING WE COULD SEE THAT WASNT NORMAL WAS SOME FIRE CLAY TOP INBY AT FACE THING T HAT FELL APPEARED TO BER A HORSE BACK ALTHOUGH THERE WASNT ANYTHING VISIABLE TO INDICATE A PROBLEM

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