Mining Incidents

Sun: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coalmac Inc · Surface
Controlled by Weber Philip H
Glen Jean, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606455

MSHA record for Sun (mine ID 4606455). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Coalmac Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sun sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 18, 1989 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalmac Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIPE (4"X30') ONTO THE BUCKET OF A FRONT ENDLOADER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LOWER BACK. ALLEGED LOWER BACK STRAIN.