S & M Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)
USING BONDER TO HEAT HIS LUNCH AND WHEN HE TOOK THE NIP OFF,IT ARC AND BURN HIM.
No 5: 5 reportable incidents Coal
S & M Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Shannon Harold
Coal Mountain,
Wyoming County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606510
MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 4606510). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Feb 1984
Ownership history
- S & M Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 5 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1984 · 1 incident
1983 · 4 incidents
S & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS 3 BREAKS BEHIND FACE AT A CROSS CUT BETWEEN #4 & #5 THE AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF
October 5, 1983
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKED UP PIECE OF CABLE AND SLIPPED ON COAL IN MINES AND FELL.
S & M Coal Company · Struck by flying object
HE WAS HELPING SHOOT COAL AND THE COAL IN THE FACE FELL OFF AND HIT HIM
S & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM