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Cut #24 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Nu East Mining Corp · Surface
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602407

MSHA record for Cut #24 Surface (mine ID 4602407). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 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.

Cut #24 Surface sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 28, 1984 WV · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO OPEN DOOR OF MECHANIC TRUCK DOOR WAS STUCK WHEN THE DOOR CAME OPEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND WELDER CAUSING INJURY

1983 · 3 incidents

December 27, 1983 WV · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE DRILL AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON SOME ICE POSSIBLY DI-SLOCATING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND, WHEN HE FELL.

October 3, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING FROM CAB OF LOADER TO WALKWAY, SLIPPED ON WALKWAY AND HIT HIS ARM WHEN HE FELL, CAUSING INJURY.

September 22, 1983 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE CLIMBING ON SHOVEL.