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No 6 Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Nix Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606161

No 6 Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hobet Mining Inc 1980 to 1982
  2. P & S Coal Company 1982 to 1986
  3. W & G Construction Company Inc 1986 to 1988
  4. Nix Mining Company 1988 to 1990
  5. Nix Mining Company 1990 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)
1990 30 129,947
1989 43 400,086
1988 43 397,354
1987 36 486,188
1986 28 378,587
1985 1
1984 2 7,863
1983 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 6 Surface Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

June 27, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Nix Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME INJURED HIS HAND ON 06-26-90 HIS LEFT HAND WAS BANDAGED ON 06-27-90 I NAME SPRAYED ETHER TO START A 988B LOADER APPROX 30MINS LATER HE LIT A CIGARETTE WHICH CAUGHT THE BANDAGE WHICH HAD BEEN COATED BY ETHER ON FIRE I NAME THEN BURNEDHIS RT HAND TRYING TO REMOVE BANDAGE OFF LEFT HAND

1989 · 1 incident

October 31, 1989 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Nix Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL HAD EARLIER REMOVED COAL CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM HIGHWALL & PLACED IT ALONG HIGHWALL. AT APPROX 8:00 PM EMPL & ANOTHER STARTED PLACING SAMPLE IN BAGS FOR TRANSPORT. AT APPROX 8:15 EMPL WAS ST RUCK BY ROCK WHICH FELL FROM HIGHWALL.

1988 · 1 incident

January 5, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W & G Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL. WAS SERVICING A CAT 988B LOADER, STANDING ON SIDE OF LOADER HE SLIPPED & FELL ONTO GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM & BRUISING HIM UP.