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Cut #27 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Nu East Mining Corp · Surface
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604194

MSHA record for Cut #27 Surface (mine ID 4604194). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. Cedar Coal Company 1974 to 1984
  2. Nu East Mining Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cut #27 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

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

May 12, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING DOZER AND A TRUCK WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN AND HAD A TREE STUCK OUT TO ONE SIDE HANGING OVER HE RAN INTO THE TREE BROKE GLASS IN THE CAB OF THE DOZER AND ST RUCK HIM IN THE BACK

April 5, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS TURNING OVER A BARREL OF WATER & PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.

February 17, 1983 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING UP ON LADDER ON AUGER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF LADDER AND HIS FACE STRIKING AGSINST AUGER AS HE FELL CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP