E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP OUTSIDE TO GET LOAD OF SUPPLIES WHEN PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
No 5: 6 reportable incidents Coal
E & A Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Bolen Aaron Doug
Odd,
Raleigh County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606159
MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 4606159). 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
- 1984–1992
- Latest incident
- May 1992
Ownership history
- Flat Top Colliery Corp 1980 to 1983
- Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
- Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
- No 2 Atlas Inc 1984 to 1989
- E & A Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 5 sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
6 on file1992 · 1 incident
1990 · 1 incident
December 26, 1990
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
E & A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACKING OUT WITH RF BOLTER BUMPED TIMBER HIT HIM ON HAN ND
1989 · 1 incident
E & A Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL STOPPED BEHIND ROOFBOLTER TO WIPE FACE OFF.BOLTER OPERATOR UNABLE TO SEE EMPL MOVED MACHINE INJURING I.NAME LEFT FOOT WHEN IT GOT PINNED UNDER ROOFBOLTER.
1985 · 2 incidents
No 2 Atlas Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRIVE CHAIN ON BRIDGE BROKE AND FLEW BACK ON EMPLOYEES RT HAND
January 5, 1985
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
No 2 Atlas Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND MINER.
1984 · 1 incident
Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS RUNNING WILCOX MINER AND JACK PULLED PIECE OF ROCK OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING EMPLOYEE WITH DRAW ROCK