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Big Mountain #1 Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Prenter, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602512

Big Mountain #1 Surface has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Big Mountain Coals Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. Peabody Coal Company 1984 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)
1990 2 12,687
1989 10 103,190
1988 7 92,667
1987 1
1986 0
1985 1
1984 0
1983 1 46
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Big Mountain #1 Surface sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 6, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 2-12-90. HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND BEGAN MISSING AT THIS POINT.

1987 · 4 incidents

June 30, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Peabody Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING IMPAIRM9NT

June 26, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Peabody Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN ALLEGED3LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

June 18, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Peabody Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN ALLEGED3LUNG IMPAIRMENT

March 20, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Peabody Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED3LUNG IMPAIRMENT.