D Short Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE BOLTING A3PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK, FORCEING HIS KNEES INTO HIS CHEST CAUSEING HIS RIBS TO BE BRUSIED.
Mine #7: 1 reportable incident Coal
D Short Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Short Denver Jr
Summersville,
Nicholas County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606881
MSHA record for Mine #7 (mine ID 4606881). 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
- Feb 1986
Ownership history
- Peerless Eagle Coal Company 1985 to 1985
- D Short Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #7 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.