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Cut #26 Surface: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Nu East Mining Corp · Surface
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606447

MSHA record for Cut #26 Surface (mine ID 4606447). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Cedar Coal Company 1981 to 1984
  2. Nu East Mining Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cut #26 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

7 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

July 24, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP STATED HE STEPPED ON TIRE ON SIDE OF TRUCK BED HE HAD OIL ON H IS FOOT AND SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ON THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS BACK AND HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON FLOOR CAUSING INJURY CAUSING INJURY

July 19, 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

EMP STATED HE WAS LEAVING CAB OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON LADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING A FRACTURED ANKLE

June 15, 1984 WV · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DRILLING & STEPPED BACKWARDS INTO A DRILL HOLE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1983 · 4 incidents

August 29, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING A BEARING IN THE WISHBONE HOUSING ON A 50TON EUC WHEN THE HAMMER OR PUNCH BROKE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND IMBEDDING PIECES OF METAL IN HIS HAND.

July 27, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING THE PINS ON THE HOIST JACK ON #1604 ENDLOADER. WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT, THE JACK MOVED AND INJURED FINGER.

May 14, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATED THAT HE W AS CLIMBING ON #1635 ENDLOADER & WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP STEP, HE SLIPPED & F ELL TO T HE GROUND, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE, CAUSING INJURY.

March 14, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, PUSHING A BIG ROCK OUT OF THE PIT WHEN A ROCK FELL BACK ON THE BLADE, THROWING THE EMPLOYEE OUT OF THE SEAT, CAUSING INJURY.