Mining Incidents

M A Heston Inc contractor

Coal
MSHA contractor ID: B48
Safety record
3
Fatalities
89
Citations
548,476
Employee-hours (2000+)
Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
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Fatalities / million hrs
162.3 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 3 fatalities · 2 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1995
1
1994
1
1992
5 (3f)
1991
2

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

3 recorded
March 19, 1992 WV · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACIDENT OCCURRED AT SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL CO BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 46 01867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WORKMEN HOSPI TALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKRECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN PROCESS OF I

March 19, 1992 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE TOP O F A SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A METAL PIPE THROUGH THE SEAL CAP WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED

March 19, 1992 WV · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WOR KMEN HOSPITALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKMEN RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN W3RE