Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

K & B No 5: 1 reportable incident Coal

K & B Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Showalter Richard L
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607286

MSHA record for K & B No 5 (mine ID 4607286). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at K & B No 5.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Z Y Coal Company 1987 to 1987
  2. Mudlick Mining Company Inc 1987 to 1989
  3. K & B Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

K & B No 5 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1990 · 1 incident

January 6, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & B Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING A WIRE ROPE CABLE WHICH WAS TO BE USE TO PULL A 773 CAT TRUCK OUT OF DITCH. THE CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING A WIRE ROPE CABLE. THE FIRST MAN STOPPED AND THE LOAD SHIFTED TO HIM. AT THAT TIME HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.