Mining Incidents

New Horizion Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Apple-Jack Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Lyall Jerry
Lynco, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607126

MSHA record for New Horizion Mine (mine ID 4607126). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Apple-Jack Mining Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

New Horizion Mine 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 21, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Apple-Jack Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING3A SCOOP A ROCK APPROX 6X4X8 FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK THE VICTIM