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Majestic No 7 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Majestic Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Perini Corp
Widen, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606349

Majestic No 7 Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Majestic Mining 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)
1986 0
1985 0
1984 23 120,013
1983 54 195,116
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Majestic No 7 Mine 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

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

July 19, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Majestic Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS HELPING SPLICE #5 BELT. ANOTHER PERSON USING COME-A-ALONGS. LET THE HANDLE SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE HANDLE MASHED HIS THUMB ON BELT STRUCTURE.

July 11, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator ELECTRICAL
Majestic Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

HE WAS HELPING CHANGE BATTERIES ON A SCOOP THE JUMPER CALB HE WAS HOLDING ARCED AND BURNT HIS HAND.

April 28, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Majestic Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STANDING IN A CROSSCUT ADJACENT TO A HAULAGE ROADWAY. A SCOOP TRAVELING THE ROADWAY RUN OVER A PIECE OF COAL WHICH BURSTED AND A PIECE OF THE LUMP OF COAL STRUCK HIM ON THE FOREHEAD.