Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Industrial Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mc Clung S Gene
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606642

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4606642). 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
1987–1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Industrial Energy Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1991 · 2 incidents

July 2, 1991 WV · Coal INUNDATION
Industrial Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WAS MAKING CLEAN UP RUN AFTER TAKING NORMAL CUT WHEN OPERATOR NOITICED FLUME OF WATER ON LEFT RIB/FACE. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF MACHINE NOTIFIED COWORKERS OF WATER & CREW LEFT WORK SECTION & WENT TO SURFACE WITHOUT INCIDENT TO ANYONE ABANDONED WORKS & FACE AREA FLOODED EXPLOSION ON SECTION.

1990 · 4 incidents

December 10, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WITH HORN ON SCOOP. CABLE SLIPPED CAT HEAD CAUGHT RING INDEX FINGER.

September 24, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Industrial Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GLOVE HUNG ON BOLTER STEEL AFTER ROTATION WAS STARTED. PULLED LITTLE FINGER OUT OF JOINT.

July 28, 1990 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

PULLING OLD RUBBER OUT OF NO. 4 BELT. PULLING BELT OFF BY MAN POWER. STRUCK HEAD AGAINST ROOF BOLT HANGING FROM TOP FOR CABLE ANCHOR.

1989 · 1 incident

February 27, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Industrial Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

LOOSE ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS LAS ROW OF BOLTS 1# FACE.

1987 · 6 incidents

September 3, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Industrial Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

BURNING BIT HOL8ERS OFF MINER DIRT AND GREASE EXPLODED THROWING DIRT AND METAL INTO EYES.

August 18, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING 4 X 4 TO 8COTCH TRACTOR WHEEL-IT TURNED OVER ON HAND BREAKING INDEX FINGER IN 2 PLACES.

August 14, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Industrial Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT B9TWEEN BOLTS AND HIT RIGHT FOOT.

July 15, 1987 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Industrial Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TOP IN ARE DID 3OT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF WORKING TOP IN #5 ENTRY HAD FALLEN ABOUT 1 YR AGO SEEMS TO BE A FAULT ACROSS ALL 6 ENTRYS THERE ARE SOME CRACKS AND HORSE BACKS IN THIS AREA

May 26, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Industrial Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM 7EILING IN MINE ON BACK.CAUSING SORENESS OR BRUISE TO BACK.