DRIVER WAS PROC9DING DOWN HAUL ROAD WHEN ENGINE BRAKE KILLED THE ENGINE RENDERING NO BRAKES.AIR BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING THE TRUCK.THEY WERE SPONGY.DRIVER AND RIDER JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WERE NOT SERIOUSLY 3NJURED.
No 4 Coal
Elmina Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Bowman Robert A
War,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606894
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4606894). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at No 4.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1987 · 1 incident
August 5, 1987
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Elmina Coal Company · Fall from machine
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on No 4
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.