Fatality · MSHA Record #219922580001

Mine Manager fatality at Mountaineer Mine (Mingo Logan Coal Company), WV, September 4, 1992

at 9:10 AM

On September 4, 1992, a mine manager was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Mountaineer Mine (Mingo Logan Coal Company), WV.

Mountaineer Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Mingo Logan Coal Company (Albert F Robinson)

Mingo County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

55036NGWALL FOREMAN WAS LOWERING LONGWALL SHIELDS IN PREPARING THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGORUND WHEN THE NO. 008 WHIELD COLAPSED WHILE HE WAS RELEASING YIELD CAPSULE PRESSURE ON THE TILT JA 32203HIS RESULTED IN PINNING HIM UNDER THE CANOPY AND INSIDE THE SHILED CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CHEST CAVITY AND OTHER INTERNAL INJURIES.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Advance Roof Support-Longwall
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: LONGWALL SUPT,JKS & CHOCK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

Related fatalities

Same operator

September 6, 2024 · Continuous Miner Operator · Mingo Logan Coal LLC, WV
November 1, 2021 · Electrician · Mingo Logan Coal LLC, WV
August 15, 2011 · Lw Propman · Mingo Logan Coal LLC, WV
September 16, 2007 · Laborer · Mingo Logan Coal LLC, WV
November 1, 1996 · Continuous Miner Operator · Mingo Logan Coal Company, WV

Same classification

July 1, 2026 · Electrician · Warrior Met Coal BC, LLC, AL
May 20, 2026 · Maintenance Man · Pine Branch Mining LLC, KY
March 12, 2026 · Maintenance Man · Kennecott Utah Copper LLC, UT
March 5, 2026 · Continuous Miner Operator · Patton Mining LLC, IL
January 6, 2026 · Maintenance Man · National Cement Company Of California Inc, CA

Same year

December 13, 1992 · Dryer Operator · W S Frey Company Inc, VA
December 12, 1992 · Bulldozer Operator · Andalex Resources Inc, KY
December 11, 1992 · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver · W S Frey Company Inc, VA
December 8, 1992 · Bull Gang Foreman · Alma Ridge Inc, WV
December 7, 1992 · Scoop Car Operator · Southmountain Coal Company Inc, VA

Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs (the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file), so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip then search for Document number 219922580001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System and search by Mine ID 4606958
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory covering Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219922580001 · Mine ID 4606958 Trainer view →