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#14: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Pride Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by D L (Jack) Bowling
Superior, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606404

MSHA record for #14 (mine ID 4606404). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. True Energy Inc 1981 to 1987
  2. Pride Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#14 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 30, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pride Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL TO A PREPARATION PLANT WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK AND FATALLY INJURED. IT WAS DETE RMINED DURING AN INVESTIGATION THAT THIS WAS NOTDUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS OR MALFUNCTIONS TO THE TRUCK.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1991 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pride Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TO DATE, THIS EE HAS NOT REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT ANY ACCIDENT OR INJURY HOWEVER A COMPENSATION REPORT RECEIVED STATES THAT EE WAS STRUCK IN LOWER BACK BY A WATERLINE.

March 1, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pride Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED WHILE WALING IN BATHOUSE NOT LOCATED OR MAINTAINED BY PRIDE COAL & TWISTED HIS KNEE INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT BY EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED BY WORKERS COMPENSATION OF THE INJURY

1990 · 1 incident

October 1, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pride Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BIT IN DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 3"X2"X3" FELL ON HIS FOOT.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 28, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Pride Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER ACROSS #7 ENTRY WHEN PARKED SCOOP IN #7 ENTRY DRIFTED OFF AND CAUGHT EMPL LEGS BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF BOLTER.

January 4, 1988 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Pride Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT THE BLADE ON THE S&S SCOOP HIT HIS RIGHT LEG. HOWEVER STATEMENTS FROM 3 OTHER EMPLOYEES INDICATE THAT THIS ACCIDENT NEVER OCCURRED.

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

February 5, 1985 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
True Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STRUCK IN PELVIS BY FEEDER CABLE.