Mining Incidents

No 4 Refuse Areas: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Nettie, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603251

MSHA record for No 4 Refuse Areas (mine ID 4603251). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Ownership history
  1. Meadow River Coal Company 1950 to 1992
  2. Lady H Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1997
  3. Green Valley Coal Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 4 Refuse Areas sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Lady H Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPENSATION AWARD FOR HEARING LOSS - 2.0%.

1987 · 3 incidents

September 10, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow River Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 3

February 13, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow River Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

COMPENSATION AW5RD FOR HEARING LOSS 2-13-87.

1986 · 5 incidents

December 9, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow River Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

HEARING LOSS. 3

December 9, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow River Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

HEARING LOSS. 3

December 9, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Meadow River Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 3