Westmoreland Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 50 X 300 X 2 05 LOCATED AT SPAD NO. 10993 NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED NO VIOLATION ENVOLVED NOT AN ESCAPEWAY.
Eccles No 5: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Westmoreland Coal Company
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MSHA Mine ID: 4601516
MSHA record for Eccles No 5 (mine ID 4601516). 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
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Oct 1984
Ownership history
- Westmoreland Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Eccles No 5 sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1984 · 2 incidents
August 10, 1984
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall from ladders
TRYING TO UNHOOK ONE ROPE AND PUT ON SHORTER ROPE. PULLED SELF UP ON STEEL TO GET OFF LADDER ROPE AND IT HAD SLACK IN IT. IT SLIPPED HOLE THREAD THROUGH, CAUSING HIM TO HOLD ONTO CABLE TO KEE P FROM FALLING SLACK RAN OUT OF ROPE AND SNAPPED HIM OFF LOOP ROPE AND HE FELL 12 FT.
1983 · 1 incident
Westmoreland Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
DETONATION OF ROOF WAS DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF EXTRACTED LONGWALL PANEL.