Mining Incidents

Chelyan Surface: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Nu East Mining Corp · Facility
Drybranch, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603299

MSHA record for Chelyan Surface (mine ID 4603299). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Cedar Coal Company 1950 to 1984
  2. Nu East Mining Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Chelyan Surface 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

6 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

June 18, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING GUARD RAIL FROM TRUCK WHEN RAIL SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER, CAUSING INJURY.

February 29, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE STATED THAT HE WA CHECKING THE OIL IN T HE DART 806 WHICH WAS COVERED WITH SNOW WHEN HE SLIPPED HITTING HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK CAUSING INJURY.

1983 · 4 incidents

October 31, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK,AS HE TURNED TO STEP OUT PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK,CAUSING INJURY.

May 16, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING WINDSHIELD ON THE TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE TRUCK TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.

March 9, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON THE BACK OF #714 POSDER TRUCK UNLOADING POWDER. THE LID TO THE POWDER BOX WAS PROPPED OPEN WITH A 2X4 BOARD. AS HE TURNED AROUND WHILE WAITING FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE THE POWDER FROM THE TRUCK THE 2X4 BOARD OR THE LID OF THE POWDER BOX STRUCK HIS HEAD.

January 9, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING CRIB BLOCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN A LOADER BUCKET THE BLOCKS SUDDENLY CAME FREE WITH ONE OF THEM FALLING ON HIS RT HAND CAUSING INJURY