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No 34: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Vica Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Wiley V Cullop Jr
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607773

MSHA record for No 34 (mine ID 4607773). 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
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Vica Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 34 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1993 · 1 incident

June 15, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vica Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP SHUTTLE CAR IN LOW TOP. THE OPERATOR JAMMED HIS HEAD IN TOP STOVING NECK.

1992 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1992 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Vica Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROLLER FROM CONV ROLLER HANGER CAME LOOSE FROM ROPE CUT HIS R HAND

February 21, 1992 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vica Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTIONAL ROOF FALL HAS OCURRED ON THE #4 ENTRY APPROX 300 FT FROM SURFACE NEAR SPAD 220. ROOF FALL WAS CLEANED UP AND REBOLTED. ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 30' LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 3 1/2' - 4 1 /2' THICK.

1991 · 1 incident

October 24, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Vica Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED MAN WAS CLEANING UP FACE OF #8 ENTRY WITH SCOOP AND BACKED UP CATCHING HIS HEAD BETWEEN SCOOP FRAME AND MINE ROOF.

1990 · 2 incidents

March 10, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Vica Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS POSITIONED OVER SCOOP MOVEMENT OF SCOOP FORCED INJURED AGAINST MINE ROOF STRAINING BACK.

January 18, 1990 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vica Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN OPERATING SCOOP IN FACE OF ENTRY JAMMED KNEE AGAINST MINE ROOF.