Viking Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
CLEANING BONE & LOOSE ROCK OFF HEAD OF MINER & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
Black Jack No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Viking Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Avx Inc
Pisgah,
Preston County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607195
MSHA record for Black Jack No 1 (mine ID 4607195). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1988
- Latest incident
- May 1988
Ownership history
- Viking Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Black Jack No 1 sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.