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Mine No 5: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Mercy Leasing Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Garretson Roy
Hanover, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607357

MSHA record for Mine No 5 (mine ID 4607357). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. W D Mining Inc 1987 to 1988
  2. Click & Leffew Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  3. Favor Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  4. Mercy Leasing Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 5 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mercy Leasing Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLTER OPERATOR WA BENDING BOLTS & HURT RIBS.

June 1, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mercy Leasing Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER OPERATOR WAS HANDLING CABLE WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & BRUISED LEG.

1989 · 1 incident

August 26, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mercy Leasing Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLES AND GOT FIRST TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND CAUGT BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND ROOF.

1988 · 1 incident

May 11, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
W D Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME ROOF BOLTER WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER INTO NO.4 HDY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS MASH IN HIS HIPS THEIR WAS NO BONES BROKEN OR BREEDING.