Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Spring Dale, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606393

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 4606393). 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
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. B A G Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
  2. B A G Coal Corp Inc 1982 to 1983
  3. Prosperity Mining Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1983 · 1 incident

November 2, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prosperity Mining Inc · Fall from machine

TRACTOR FUEL FILTERS CLOGGED.CHANGING FILTERS STEPPED OFF TRACK,SLIPPED ,FELL BREAKING RIGHT LEG.