N & F Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS LIFTING WELDER UP INTO MANTRIP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN PIT STOMACH
Mine No 4: 11 reportable incidents Coal
N & F Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Cecil Nichols
Summersville,
Nicholas County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606758
MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 4606758). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Apr 1985
Ownership history
- N & F Mining Company Inc 1984 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
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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
11 on file1985 · 3 incidents
N & F Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL 16-18\WIDE X 20-30\LONG X 30\-36\THICK ABOUT 50-60\ INBY DRIFT MOUTH IN #3 ENTRY.CAUSED BY FREEZING AND THAWING WEATHER.
January 30, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
N & F Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object
RUNNING BOLT MACHINE. WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WHEN SOME UNKNOWN OBJECT FLEW STRIKING ACROSS LEFT EYE. SCRATCHED LEFT EYE MADE A LACERATION ABOVE & BELOW LEFT EYE.
1984 · 8 incidents
N & F Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
OLD #1 ENTRY OF 1ST. RT. OFF 1 EAST MAINS FROM #2 TO #4 CROSSCUT FELL SOMETIME AFTER 10:00PM-11-30-84 TILL 10:00 AM 12-3-84. A DISTANCE OF 110\, FROM RIB TO RIB FROM 0 TO 10\ THICK. THIS AREA A WAS MINED IN AUGUST 1984.
N & F Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object
KNOCKING OUT TEMPORARY SUPPORT DIRT FELL OFF TOP OF TIMBER INTO RIGHT EYE.
October 15, 1984
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N & F Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object
CHAINGING STEEL IN BOLT MACHINE SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF JOINT IN STEEL STRIKING OPERATOR IN FOREHEAD.
October 3, 1984
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N & F Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object
CUTTING END OFF MINER ROPE OBJECT FLEW AND STRUCK RT EYE SCRATCHING IT
N & F Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED HAD CHANGED V-BOLTS ON POWER SCREEN AND WAS COMING DOWN BELT TO GET OFF- AS HE STEPPED OFF WITH RIGHT FOOT HE TWISTED LEFT KNEE. THE BELT WAS NOT RUNNING.
N & F Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
BUMPED LEFT KNEE WHILE CRAWLING.
May 4, 1984
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
N & F Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF BOLTING HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER HEAD.
April 20, 1984
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
N & F Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS PULLING CABLE WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN DRIVE SHAFT OF JEFFREY MINER TWO MIDDLE FINGERS RECEIVED LACERATIONS AND WERE MASHED