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1-A Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Banner Holding Ltd
Bald Knob, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606412

MSHA record for 1-A Mine (mine ID 4606412). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Gone Under Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1984
  2. Banner Coal & Land Company 1984 to 1990
  3. Banner Coal & Land Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

1-A Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

March 5, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WITH HEAD OUT OF CANOPY, SHUTTLE CAR HIT CHUCK HOLE IN BOTTOM AND BOUNCED HIM AGAINST CANOPY.

February 25, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM A SCOOP, HIS FOOT WAS CRUSHED AS SCOOP BUCKET WAS INADVERTENTLY LOWERED.

1990 · 1 incident

July 23, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Coal & Land Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RETURNING FROM THE FACE WITH A LOAD OF COAL WHEN HE TRAMME DHIS SHUTTLE CAR OVER A RIB ROLL, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HT THE TOP OF THE CANOPY, HURTING HIS BACK.