No 4-B Coal
Belva Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Reading & Bates Corp
Rita,
Logan County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601371
MSHA record for No 4-B (mine ID 4601371). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Belva Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1976
- Virginia Coals 1976 to 1976
- B & R Coal Mining Company Inc 1977 to 1978
- Belva Coal Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 4-B sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.