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Cove Site: 1 reportable incident Coal

Nesco Inc · Surface
Controlled by William E Nesselrotte
Moatsville, Wv, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607661

MSHA record for Cove Site (mine ID 4607661). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Nesco Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cove Site sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 20, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nesco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED. A LARGE ROCK HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, BOUNCING THE OPERATOR FROM THE SEAT OF THE TRUCK.