Mining Incidents

Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Jamar Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Murphy James C Jr
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602895

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 4602895). 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
1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Sandy Sue Enterprises Inc 1950 to 1972
  2. Sandy Sue Enterprises Inc 1972 to 1974
  3. Big Fork Coal Company Inc 1974 to 1982
  4. Big Spruce Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  5. Black Silver Mining Corp 1984 to 1984
  6. Jamar Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 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

1985 · 1 incident