Mining Incidents

Mine No 3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Grizzly Mining Inc · Underground
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607105

MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4607105). 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
1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Grizzly Mining Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 3 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

1989 · 1 incident

April 4, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Grizzly Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER LEG - RESULTING IN A BAD BRUISE