Mining Incidents

Mine #7 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
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

February 20, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
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.

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