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No 1 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Showalter Richard L
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607986

No 1 Surface has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. M & T Mining Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 2
1992 17 66,705
1991 26 164,847
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Surface 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

4 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

June 9, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
M & T Mining Company · Fall from machine

ON STEEP STRIP ROAD DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND JUMPED OUT.

April 13, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & T Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPREADING GRASS SEED ON OUTSLOPE OF DITCH, FOOTING SLIPPED TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

1991 · 2 incidents

May 16, 1991 WV · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & T Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GREASING DRILLS BOOM WHILE IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE SLIPPED OFF OF DRILL STEEL WHICH HE WAS WALKING ON. AT THAT TIME HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT PUTTING ALL HIS WEIGHT ON THE RI GHT FOOT.

May 16, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
M & T Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BACKING UP IN A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK JERKING HIS ARM IN TURN CAUSING HIM TRO BACK INTO ANOTHER PARKED ROCK TRUCK