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No 1 Surface: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Mullins Harold
Ragland, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605971

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 4605971). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. M & D Mining Company Inc 1979 to 1982
  2. Energy Coal Income Partnership 1982 to 1988
  3. J T N Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 25, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
J T N Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PUSHING SPOIL WITH THE DOZER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND JARRED HIMSELF. DOCTOR'S REPORT SAID THAT HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT TESTICLE. (INGUINAL STRAIN RIGHT SIDE)

September 13, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J T N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING FOR RAILING TO GET BACK ON DOZER WHEN SOMETHING IN HIS NECK POPPED MEDICAL RECORDS STATED THAT IT WAS SPRAIN TO THE NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.