Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

E & A Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bolen Aaron Doug
Whitby, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606791

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4606791). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. E & A Coal Company 1984 to 1988
  2. Mercer Mining Inc 1988 to 1988
  3. E & A Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 28, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KEMPL R FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WOODEN BRIDGE AND SCOOP

1988 · 1 incident

November 23, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOFBOLTER AND CAUGHT LEFT SHOULDER BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTER

1985 · 2 incidents

February 11, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
E & A Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT KNEE STATED IT WAS DUE TO CRAWLING.