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Chelyan Loading Facility: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606987

Chelyan Loading Facility has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Ownership history
  1. Amherst Industries Inc 1985 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)
2005 0
2000 0
1999 0
1998 0
1997 0
1996 1
1995 0
1994 0
1993 1
1992 3
1991 3
1990 4 200
1989 4
1988 3
1987 3
1986 2
1985 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Chelyan Loading Facility sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 6, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A GEAR OUT OF END LOADER-LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK (PULLED-MUSCLE STRAIN.

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1990 · 1 incident

November 27, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Amherst Industries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REOCCURRENCE OF OLD BACK INJ SUSTAINED IN 1985.

1988 · 1 incident

November 22, 1988 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACRAWLED THROUGH SMALL OPENING ON STACKER BELT AND STRAINED BACK

1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 WV · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Industries Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE ACCIDENT RE8ULTED FROM COAL SMAPLER LOSING HIS BALANCE AFTER STEPPING OFF ACUTTING JOINING THE RIVER BELT TO THE TIPPLE OPERATOR'S PLATFORM. THE COAL SAMPLER'S BODY TURNED 135 DEGREES INTO A HANDRAIL BRU3SING THE SMALL OF HIS BACK. THE REPORT OBTAINED FROM HIS EMPLOYER 9-2-87 INDICATES THE SUSTAINED INJURY WAS A BRUISE IN A LOWER BACK.