Mining Incidents

Golden Bear No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Jovic Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ferrell Joe
Campus, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606619

MSHA record for Golden Bear No 1 (mine ID 4606619). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Big Bear Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1985
  2. Ro-Fer & Associates Inc 1985 to 1986
  3. Jovic Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Golden Bear No 1 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

September 5, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jovic Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK F9LL OUT BETWEEN 2 ROOF BOLTS KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND.