Mining Incidents

Mine No 5 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
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.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 5

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.