Mining Incidents

Mine No 4 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
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

February 12, 1985 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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

December 2, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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.

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

June 8, 1984 WV · Coal master electrician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.

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

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The full compliance file on Mine No 4

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