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No 10 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Owens George
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607605

MSHA record for No 10 Mine (mine ID 4607605). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Peerless Eagle Coal Company 1988 to 1989
  2. Unicoal Inc 1988 to 1989
  3. Gold River Mining Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 10 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

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

July 11, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A HUNG-UP SCOOP SIAD SCOOP SLID OFF OF CRIB BLOCKS RESULTING IN A JOLT WHICH SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED A BACK INJURY TO VICTIM, AS REPORTED TO US BY VICTIM.

May 30, 1990 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STUCK CONNECTING PIN VICTIMS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SAID PIN & CONNECTING LINK JOINING SCOOP & MANTRIP VEHICLE.

March 21, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT PIECE OF ROCK INEXPLICABLY FELL & STRUCK VICTIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK CASUING MINER BRUISES & CONTUSIONS.