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Mine No 1: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Green Valley Coal Company · Underground
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607929

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4607929). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Ownership history
  1. Lady H Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1991
  2. Industrial Energy Inc 1991 to 1992
  3. Lady H Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  4. Shoal Creek Coal Inc 1993 to 1995
  5. Eastwood Construction Inc 1995 to 1995
  6. K & C Energy Inc 1995 to 1995
  7. Greenbrier Spring Inc 1995 to 1996
  8. Green Valley Coal Company 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 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

7 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

March 27, 1996 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Greenbrier Spring Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL STARTS APPROX. 10 FT OUTBY SPAD 5808 AND EXTENDS APPROX. 60' LONG X 6' HIGH X 20' WIDE TO THE CENTER OF THE OUTBY BRK. THE FALL IS IN A NEUTRAL ENTRY WHERE NO WORK WILL BE PERFORMED.

January 26, 1996 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenbrier Spring Inc · Fall from machine

THE EE WAS CLIKBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER AND SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM STEP.

1995 · 1 incident

November 14, 1995 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Greenbrier Spring Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HANGING BBOLTER CABLE ON THE BOLTER OPERATOR'S OFF SIDE. THE OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM BECAUSE OF THE BOLTER CANOPY. THE BOLTER WHEEL RAN OVER EE'S RIGHT FOOT BRUISING IT.

1994 · 4 incidents

September 14, 1994 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shoal Creek Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON MINER CABLE. FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.