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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

No 5 has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Ownership history
  1. Flat Top Colliery Corp 1980 to 1983
  2. Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  3. Dale & Tina Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  4. No 2 Atlas Inc 1984 to 1989
  5. E & A Coal Company Inc 1989 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)
1994 0
1993 0
1992 24 57,586
1991 23 86,392
1990 19 95,303
1989 14 32,758
1985 4
1984 5 14,282
1983 9 3,873
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 5 sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
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 file

1992 · 1 incident

May 5, 1992 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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.

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

September 22, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
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

March 4, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
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

February 22, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
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