Mining Incidents

Mine No 4: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Buck Garden Coal Company · Underground
Gilboa, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606373

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 4606373). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Buck Garden Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 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

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

July 7, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buck Garden Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS REPAIRING BRIDGE CHAIN COME A LONG SLIPPED & CHAIN CAUGHT HIS HAND.