Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

Pinnacle Creek Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Facility
Controlled by Thompson Elizabeth
Crumpler, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605853

Pinnacle Creek Mine has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1988.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Pinnacle Creek Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. United Pocahontas Coal Company 1978 to 1986
  2. Barkers Ridge Coal Company 1986 to 1989
  3. Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp 1989 to 1992
  4. Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 6 3,310
1993 6 24,285
1992 6 26,376
1991 5 10,934
1990 10 32,030
1989 13 42,420
1988 7 8,000
1987 1
1986 0
1985 0
1984 0
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pinnacle Creek Mine 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

9 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

March 13, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PUTTING ON WORK BOOTS WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK. EMPL WORKED TILL 10:30 AM AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT TO GO HOME.

Show 6 earlier incidents

1989 · 5 incidents

August 8, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

INJURED PARTY WAS HOLDING STEEL BEAM AFTER BEING CUT DOWN,AFTER BEING CUT DOWN,FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT.

May 16, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN ROCK WITH SLATE BAR,BAR JUMPED BACK INTO RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE.

March 31, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Fall from machine

THE INJURED WAS GETTING OFF OF BELT STRUCTURE ONE FOOT SLIPPED ANS HE HAD TO JUMP TO KEEP FROM FALLING,FRACTURED BACK,HAS LOWER BACK PAIN.

March 3, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Barkers Ridge Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INVOLVED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT, RAN OFF OF ROAD.

1988 · 1 incident

August 19, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barkers Ridge Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON SURFACE AND FELL IN 6-7 FOOT HOLE AFTER OR DURING A RAIN STORM. THIS SURFACE BECAME SLIPPERY DUE TO VERY WET CONDITIONS.