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No 4 Surface: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Ford Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Lawson W Hamilton Jr
Drybranch, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604330

No 4 Surface has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Ford Coal Company 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 2 2,716
1985 9 41,842
1984 9 62,634
1983 7 27,945
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 4 Surface sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 2, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL USING 3/4\\ DRIVE RATCHET AND 5\ CHEATER PIPE TO TIGHTEN TRACK BOLTS ON A DOZER WHEN RATCHET BROKE AND THE PIPE STRUCK HIS LEG ABOVE THE LEFT ANKLE.

1983 · 1 incident

May 5, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ford Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A METAL OBJECT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL.