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No 2 (1): 6 reportable incidents Coal

Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Underground
Controlled by Herndon Danny
Verner, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608670

MSHA record for No 2 (1) (mine ID 4608670). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Ownership history
  1. Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 (1) 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

6 on file

1998 · 6 incidents

September 9, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AS BUILDING CRIB & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK. THIS HAPPENED IN #1 ENTRY OUTBY LAST OPEN LINE HE LEFT MINE AT 7PM TO HOME THEN AT 9:30PM WENT TO HOSP. DRS FOUND LARGE SPOT IN ABDOMEN IN XRAY HIS WIFE CALLED ME AT HOME

July 22, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE HURT HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. HIT HOLE WHILE HAULING COAL.

June 28, 1998 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL LOCATION IS 70' INBY SPAD #103, IN #5 ENTRY FROM INTERSECTION LEFT 35' AND FROM INTERSECTION RIGHT 20' TOTAL LENGTH 70'. ROOF FALL LOCATION IS 20' INBY SPAD #109. THIS FALL IS APPROX . 20' LONG.

May 19, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE VICTIM WAS OPERATING 1 SHUTTLE CAR, BREAKES FAILED CAUSING MACHINE TOD STRIKE RIB. VICITM COMPLAINED DF LOWER BACK PAIN.

April 27, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER
Pine Creek Mining Iv Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE STARTED WORK 4/27/98 AT 7AM AND AT 9:30AM HE WAS BROUGHT OUTSIDE COMPLAINING WITH IS KIDNEY AND GROINING HURTING AND CALL TO GET SOMEONE TO COME AND GET HIM. HE STATED IT HAS BEEN HURTING F OR SOME TIME. HE REFUSED TO GO BY AMBULANCE