Mining Incidents

Resource Coal Energies Inc: 20 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Phares Rex M
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603937

MSHA record for Resource Coal Energies Inc (mine ID 4603937). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
Ownership history
  1. Brady Cline Coal Company 1973 to 1985
  2. Gauley Coal Sales Company 1985 to 1991
  3. Resource Coal Energies Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Resource Coal Energies Inc 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

20 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

February 9, 1994 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Resource Coal Energies Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN INTO MIRROR ARM ON LOADER.

1993 · 4 incidents

July 28, 1993 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Resource Coal Energies Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP A MOTOR BY HIMSELF AND TRIED TO CARRY IT OUTSIDE AND THEN SET IT DOWN.

1992 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1992 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Resource Coal Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING COAL INTO FURNACE.

1991 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED 50 POUND BAG OF CHEMICAL OVER HIS HEAD AND HURT HIP AREA.

1990 · 2 incidents

March 16, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING STARTER ON TENDEM COAL TRUCK STANDING & BENDING IN AWKWARD POSITION.

1988 · 6 incidents

May 9, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Struck against stationary object

TWISTED BACK ON FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO TIPPLE OF MINE AFTER STEPPING ON LUMP OF COAL LYING ON STEPS.

March 9, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COAL DUST EXPOSURE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

March 9, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EXPOSURE TO COALD UST FOR 15 YEARS.

March 9, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EXPOSURE TO COAL DUST FOR OVER 20 YEARS OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCNMIOSIS.

1987 · 2 incidents

May 22, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Struck by powered moving object

THROWN OFF DOZER AND STRAINED KNEE AND LEG.

February 25, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gauley Coal Sales Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS RESULTING IN INGUINAL HERNIA.