Mining Incidents

Hazy Creek Lower Cedar Grove Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Sundial, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608732

MSHA record for Hazy Creek Lower Cedar Grove Mine (mine ID 4608732). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Ownership history
  1. Independence Coal Company Inc 1998 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)
2003 8 38,010
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hazy Creek Lower Cedar Grove Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
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.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 6,931 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

March 30, 2001 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Independence Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING ONE A ROOF BOLTER BY MAKING UP SUPPLY AND LEARNING TO RUN THE MACHINE. THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE TO ONE SIDE CATCHING HIM BETWEEN THE DRIVER COMPARTMENT AND THE RIB.

1999 · 1 incident

December 29, 1999 WV · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Independence Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS APPROACHING THE ROOF BOLTER TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY, WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EE BETWEEN SHOULDERS. ROCK MEASURED APPROX. 18" X 24" X 4".