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Mine No 64a: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Royal Scot Minerals Inc · Underground
Hines, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608236

MSHA record for Mine No 64a (mine ID 4608236). 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
1993–1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
Ownership history
  1. Leckie Smokeless Coal Company 1992 to 1997
  2. Royal Scot Minerals Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 64a sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
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

1994 · 1 incident

January 14, 1994 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A WEEKLY MINE EXAMINER OBSERVED THE ROOF FALL IN A RETURN AIR COURSE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20'X20'X6' HIGH, LOCATED OUTBY THE FACE AT SPOT #632. NO BLOCKAGE OF VENTILATION, NO INJURIES ETC. DOUBLE LOCK ROOF BOLTS 7' & 8' WERE USED IN THIS AREA.

1993 · 3 incidents

September 23, 1993 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO.3 & NO.4 ENTRY ONE CROSS CUT INBY SPAD NO.613. THE FALL MEASURED 35 FEET LONG, 18 FEET WIDE AND 7' TO 8' HIGH. DOUBLE LOCK ROOF BOLTS 6' & 7' IN LENGTH WITH STRAPS ON 3X4' SPACING WAS USED.

September 3, 1993 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AT APPROX 11:15PM A MINE EXAMINER HEARD A NOISE THAT APPEARED TO BE A ROOF FALL HIS EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE FACE OF #4 ENTRY HAD FALLIN FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 57FT THE AREA HAD BEEN B OLT ED WITH 60IN & 72IN ROOF BOLTS EXCEPT FOR 12FT IN THE IMMEDIATE FACE

August 16, 1993 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE HANGER.