Mining Incidents

Summersville Energy #1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Summersville Energy Inc · Underground
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606839

MSHA record for Summersville Energy #1 Mine (mine ID 4606839). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Summersville Energy Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Summersville Energy #1 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

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 24, 1985 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Summersville Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN INTERSECTION WHEN A SCOOP PASSED BY SCOOP RAN OVER PEIECE OF COAL SQUEEZING IT OUT FROM UNDER TIRE AND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.

1984 · 1 incident

November 7, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Summersville Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRILLING WITH HYD HAND DRILL FOR BELT ANOCR-WHILE CLEANING DUST FROM DRILL HOLE-OTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED ON DRILL CATCHING COVERHALL SLEEVE ON JAM BOLT ON DRILL.