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#14-A: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Big Sue Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ellis Charles M
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605034

MSHA record for #14-A (mine ID 4605034). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Salamander Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1977
  2. Logrind Coal Corp 1977 to 1979
  3. Besh Mining Inc 1979 to 1979
  4. Besh Mining Inc 1979 to 1981
  5. Loredo Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1985
  6. Adkins Coal Company 1985 to 1986
  7. C & O Mining Corp 1986 to 1987
  8. Big Sue Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#14-A 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 14, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Big Sue Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY IT GROUNDED & BLEW UP

1986 · 1 incident

May 3, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & O Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE PICKED UP TH9 CHAIN HOIST BY THE CHAIN AND THE HANDLE OF THE HOIST FLEW UP SUDDENLY HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND BROKE A PIECE OF HIS FRONT UPPER TOOTH.