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Surface Mine No 5: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Kent Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Paul K Moran
Spring Dale, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606553

Surface Mine No 5 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Kent Coal Company 1982 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)
1985 0
1984 8 32,645
1983 11 56,269
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Surface Mine No 5 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

3 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

June 25, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kent Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBED INTO POWDER TRAILER AND HIT LEFT KNE ON METAL END ON REAR OF TRAILER

February 17, 1984 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kent Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TILT JACK SLIPPED OUT OF CHAIN WHILE LIFTING. FELL ON FOREARM & CRACKED THE BONE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 12, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kent Coal Company · Fall from machine

JULIAN BRYANT SIFERS WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET UPON A BULLDOZER WHEN HE STEPPED UPON THE DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT THE RIGHT CORNER OF HIS MOUTH AND BREAKING HIS BOTTOM DENTURES TH E CUT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES