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Freeport No 4: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Mc Namee Resources Inc · Underground
Williamson, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606517

Freeport No 4 has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Mc Namee Resources Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1985 0
1984 0
1983 21 77,751
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Freeport No 4 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1983 · 6 incidents

July 6, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Namee Resources Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED TURNED ANKLE ON RAIL.

June 3, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
Mc Namee Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS IN OPERATORS DECK A SMALL FIRE BROKE OUT AND HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND 8 FT HURING BOTH FEET

May 9, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Namee Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIT ROUGH PLACE IN ROAD BOUNCED UP HIT BACK ON CANOPY TAKE TO HOSP KEPT FOR OBSERVATION

January 28, 1983 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Namee Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 4"X8"X16\ TWISTED BACK NOT OFF WORK ANY UNTIL 2-14-83 WENT TO HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL & APPARENTLY HAD BACK INJURY AS RESULT OF 1-28-83 ACCIDENT.

January 5, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Namee Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM BOUNCED SC OPER. S HEAD INTO CANOPY SPRAINED NECK.