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V C #45: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Quaker State Corp
Belle, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606103

MSHA record for V C #45 (mine ID 4606103). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Shrewsbury Coal Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

V C #45 sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 5, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A HAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT 4:40 PM, 3-5-84. THE ROADWAY WAS DAMP AND IT HAD JUST STARTED TO RAIN. THE EYE WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS OBSERVING THE VICTIM AS HE WAS COMING AROUND THE ROAD TO WARD THE OUTER SPOIL BANK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OVER, PINNING THE VICTIM UNDER THE TRUCK. INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND UPPER TRUNK APPEAR TO HAVE CAU

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 4 incidents

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG. 3

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG. 3

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG. 3

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDUCED HEARING3LOSS.