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No 4 Strip: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Mary Ruth Corp · Facility
Controlled by Jenkins Milford
Manown, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603726

MSHA record for No 4 Strip (mine ID 4603726). 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
1983–1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Ownership history
  1. Mary Ruth Corp 1973 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Strip sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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

1994 · 1 incident

October 19, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mary Ruth Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER FAILED TO FIND LEVEL SPOT TO DUMP. TRACTOR WAS LEANING TOTHE RIGHT SIDE 4 INCHES.

1987 · 1 incident

January 14, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mary Ruth Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING OVER R5IL ON DRAGLINE RT LEG WAS OVER THE RAIL AND THE LEFT LEG SLIPPED CAUSING PULLED MUSCLES IN RT LEG AND BACK

1984 · 3 incidents

December 28, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mary Ruth Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING TANKS AND STRAINED BACK

September 4, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mary Ruth Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIED TO SET UP A BARREL OF MOTOR OIL.

June 26, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mary Ruth Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF LADDEN OF CAT TRUCK

1983 · 1 incident

January 10, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mary Ruth Corp · Struck against a moving object

DUMPING COAL TRAILOR UPSET