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Spruce Run Surface Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Nix Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606992

Spruce Run Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. G & W Equipment Leasing Inc 1985 to 1987
  2. Prosperity Energy Inc 1987 to 1990
  3. Nix Mining Company 1990 to 1990
  4. 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)
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 2
1991 10 27,973
1990 28 119,178
1989 0
1988 0
1987 21 34,135
1986 8 40,658
1985 9 1,374
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Spruce Run 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

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 23, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Nix Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOGGING CREW WAS INT EH PROCESS OF WRENCHING A FALLEN TREE WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED OFF TREE AND STRUCK INJURED IN BACK OF HEAD.

1990 · 3 incidents

October 27, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nix Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

GOING INTO SHOT AND HIT SOMETHING SOLID WITH BUCKET RESULTING IN A SLIGHTLY PINCHED NERVE IN NECK AND SOME STIFFNESS OF NECK.

October 16, 1990 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nix Mining Company · Struck by falling object

BATTERY BOX TOP SLIPPED OUT STRUCK HIM O N TOP OF FOOT

July 26, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nix Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST FROM THE REAR RIPPER JACK, KNOCKING OUT THE REAR GLASS PANEL OF HIS DOZER. HE WAS BACKING UP LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT SIDE AT THIS TIME, CAUSING BROKEN GLASS TO ENTER HIS RI GHT SHOULDER AND HYDRAULIC FLUID IN HIS RIGHT EYE.