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No 1: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Copper Valley Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Harper Dale
Clear Creek, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606545

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4606545). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wren Coal Company 1982 to 1983
  2. Copper Valley Mining Inc 1983 to 1984
  3. Copper Valley Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1984 · 12 incidents

August 20, 1984 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

LIFTING BELT FRAMING OUT FROM UNDER BELT. PULL SOMETHING IN BACK. HIT BACK ON TIMER.

July 13, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN HOLE & SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

July 11, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TRAMING MINER BACK FROM FACE & CAUGHT RIGHT KNEE BETEING MINER &TIMBER.

June 8, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT SPLICE CUT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND TAKING TIMBER OFF BELT

May 24, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING BATTERTY TRACTOR PULLING HEXX BELT HEAD & CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BELT HEAD & TRAM LEVER

April 9, 1984 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT RT ARM AND SHOULDER WHILE GETTING OFF BELT

March 5, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WILCOX MINER ROPE THIGHTENED UP AGAINST TIMBER CAUSING THE BOTTOM OF TIMBER TO KICK OUT, STRIKING INJURED MAN IN FACE.

January 28, 1984 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Copper Valley Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING ROCK OUT OF WALK WAY IN RETURN EXCAPE WAY PULL MUSCLE IN THE BACK.

1983 · 1 incident