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No 7 Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

S & M Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Shannon Harold
Emmett, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607339

MSHA record for No 7 Mine (mine ID 4607339). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. S & M Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 Mine sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1988 · 7 incidents

September 28, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED OVER MANTRIP CAR,FELL AND HURT LOW BACK.

September 20, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & M Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS HAULING COAL ON SHUTTLE CAR TO DUMP; BOUNCED AND HIT ELBOW ON SIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR. WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9-27-88.

July 29, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & M Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS RUNNING 215C SHUTTLE CAR TAKING COAL TO DUMP ON TAILPIECE AND CAUGHT HIS HELMET ON A ROOF BOLT.

July 13, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE #5 ENTRY (NEUTRAL ENTRY) INTERSECTION AT SPAD #33 3 BREAKS OUTBY THE #1 TAILPIECE IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 65' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 50" THICK. IT WAS AT LEAST 1500' FROM THE FACE.

June 9, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & M Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS MOVING POWER UP, PULLED MINER CABLE AND S TRIANED MUSCLE IN BACK.

May 21, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AMENDED REPORT THIS ADDITIONAL FALL, UNINTENTION IN #1 ENTRY, #1 HEAD, 3 BRAKES BELOW FIRST FALL IN #1 ENTRY, APPROX 30'X30'.

May 19, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL APPROX. 600' FROM FACE, 200' LONG 20' WIDE, 7' PLUS THICK. 1 1/2 BRAKES FROM #2 BELT LOCATION SPAD #134 1 BRAKE RIGHT HANDED, 1 BRAKE INBY, 1 BRAKE 20' X LEFTHANDED O FF INBY BRAKE. #1 ENTRY 28X20' 1 BRAKE INBY SPAD #132.