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Taner #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Taner Coal Company Inc · Underground
Fenwick, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605536

MSHA record for Taner #1 (mine ID 4605536). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Coats Run Energy Inc 1977 to 1983
  2. Taner Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Taner #1 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

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 6, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Taner Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRONT BRIDGE PULL BACK MOBIL BRIDGE & CAUGHT MAN ANKLE BETWEEN LOW BELT & MAN MOBIL BRIDGE WHILE HE WAS RUNNING IT.

1987 · 1 incident

October 8, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS MOVING SECT3ON, HAD LOW LOW STRUCTURE CHAINED TO SCOOP. HE WAS TAKING CHAIN LOOSE FROM STRUCTURE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET AND FRACTURED WRIST AND THE FIRST FINGER BESIDE THE THUM B ON RIGHT HAND1

1986 · 1 incident

June 26, 1986 WV · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN FA6LED USING MINER SUMP ROPE TO BREAK CHAIN LOOSE ROPE CAME LOOSE STRICKING INJURED IN RIGHT FACE AREA.