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Mine No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal

Carter-Roag Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Marquard & Bahls Ag
Elkins, Randolph County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604949

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 4604949). 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
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Gamble Coals Inc 1975 to 1983
  2. Carter-Roag Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 21, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Carter-Roag Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS GETTING READY TO SMASH EMPTY OIL CANS FLAT, WHEN HE TOLD HIS BUDDY TO GO AHEAD OTHER EMPLOYEE RAISED BUCKET OF SCOOP AND INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF BUCKET LEFT HAND WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET & ROOF