Mining Incidents

No 15: 1 reportable incident Coal

Big Fork Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Klaproth Abner H
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604457

MSHA record for No 15 (mine ID 4604457). 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
1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Alabama Fuel Company 1974 to 1982
  2. Big Fork Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 15 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

November 5, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Fork Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BARRING DOWN LOOSE TOP FROM SUPPORTED TOP AREA,EDGE OF ROCK STRUCK EMPL IN LEG.