Mining Incidents

Peaceful Valley #1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Webster Springs, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606833

MSHA record for Peaceful Valley #1 (mine ID 4606833). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. C & T Development Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Peaceful Valley #1 sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

September 2, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & T Development Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING MOTOR I3TO SCOOP BUCKET WITH A SLATE BAR CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN.

April 21, 1986 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & T Development Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED IN RETURN AIRWAY, APPROX. 31/2 FT IN HEIGHT, 20FT LONG 18 FT WIDE. FALL WAS DISCOVERED WHILE MAKING RETURN INSPECTIONS. A LINEAR PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA TOP WAS SUPPORTED IN THIS AREA W3TH 4 FT RESIN ROD. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN SET (CRIBS & HEADERS) FALL WAS APPROX. 850 FT OUTBY FACES.

January 16, 1986 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & T Development Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LEAVING OF AREA3OVER WEEKEND WITHOUT PERM SUPPORT A SWAG IN INTERSECTION & POSSIBLE CRACKS DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT WOULD CONSIST OF PASSAGE OF PERSON THRU LAST DERVELOPING INTERSECTION NO 2 ENTRY 2 HOSES DAMAGED3ON MINER & 1 SHIELD DAMAGED ON MINER NO INJURIES TO PERSONS

1985 · 1 incident

August 7, 1985 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & T Development Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT & BELT ROLLERS, IT IS BELIEVED INDIVIDUAL, WAS USING BOSSES HAMMER TO CLEAN COAL FROM AROUND BELT ROLLER, A SPLICE HIT HAMMER CAUSING HAMMER HANDLE TO STRIKE FINGER MASHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND FRAME OF BELT, CUTTING LOWER PIECE FROM LOWER PART NEAR END OF FINGER.