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No 4 Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Iaeger, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604189

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4604189). 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
1983–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. Virginia Crews Coal Company 1974 to 1978
  2. Virginia Crews Coal Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Mine 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

1988 · 2 incidents

March 26, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS SLIDING A PC. OF STRUCTURE IN A FLATBED TRUCK, ANOTHER PC. OF STRUCTURE FELL OFF AND STRUCK HI M ON THE ANKLE.

March 14, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN IT THROUGH A HOLE TOO FAST IN THE ROADWAY AND WAS BOUNCED UP AND BACK DOWN LANDING ON THE CORNER OF HIS CAP LIGHT

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

February 3, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Crews Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE SHUTTLE CAR THAT THE INJURED WAS RUNNING CAME THROUGH THE INBY INTERSECTION FROM THE FEEDR, HE WAS STRUCK BY THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR COMING THROUGH THE ADJACENT BREAK.

1983 · 2 incidents