Mining Incidents

Prestonia No 14 Coal

Controlled by Sunoco, Inc.
Rt 2 Box 72 Sutton Wv, Braxton County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606445

MSHA record for Prestonia No 14 (mine ID 4606445). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

March 26, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Prestonia Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STRUCK 2EAD ON BOLTER CNAOPY.

March 18, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prestonia Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS LOAD3NG BOLTING MACHINE TIRE IN SCOOP CAR BUCKET AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TIRE AND SCOOP BUCKET

January 13, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prestonia Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME SHUTTLE 7AR OPERATOR, WAS CARRYING DRILL STEEL FROM THE DRIFTMOUTH TO THE LAMPHOUSE AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE, CAUSING A STRAINED LOWER BACK.

1985 · 3 incidents

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

June 17, 1983 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee MACHINERY
Prestonia Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE GREASE HOSE WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE MINER FITTING BROKE AND CUT HIS FACE

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The full compliance file on Prestonia No 14

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.