Mining Incidents

Coalburg No A-5 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Leah Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Summers William D
Drennen, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608450

MSHA record for Coalburg No A-5 Mine (mine ID 4608450). 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
1995–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Ownership history
  1. Nicholas County Resources Inc 1994 to 1995
  2. Leah Coal Company Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coalburg No A-5 Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 4, 1996 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leah Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN IS NOT SURE WHETHER SOMETHING FELL ON HIS HAND OR IF IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MOVING PARTS OF PINNER HEAD.

1995 · 1 incident

October 2, 1995 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leah Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTER WAS REACHING FOR PINNER STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE MEASURING 1" THICK BY 4" WIDE AND 4" LONG FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT THIR D FINGER.