No 4 Surface Coal

Ford Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Lawson W Hamilton Jr

Drybranch, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4604330

MSHA record for No 4 Surface (mine ID 4604330). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1983–1985
Latest incident: Apr 1985

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.

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