Mining Incidents

Black Queen Mine Coal

Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Underground
Sylvester, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606325

MSHA record for Black Queen Mine (mine ID 4606325). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 5, 1983 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING BESIDE C.M. OBSERVING PILLAR RECOVERY OPERATION -STRUCK BY PIECE OF ROCK FROM MASSIVE ROOF FALL.

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1984 · 1 incident

March 22, 1984 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PREPARING A CABLE SPLICE ON A DRILL USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & INJURED SUSTAINED LACERATIONS OF THE RING & MIDDLE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND.

1983 · 6 incidents

September 12, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS ERECTING A BOX CHECK CURTAIN AT THE NO 3 BELT TAILPIECE A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT AND THE RIB STRIKING INJURED ON THE HEAD INJURED STRAINED THE MUSCLES I N HIS NECK AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE FOR A HEADACHE NO IMPAIRMENT RETURNED TO WORK

August 29, 1983 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS INSTALLING THECONNECTING PIN INTO THE RIPPERVEYOR CHAIN ON A 10 CM JOY CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. THE CHAIN HOLDING THE RIPPERVEYOR CHAIN IN PLACE BROKE CATCHING INJURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CONNECTING PIN AND THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE FRACTURED MIDDLE FINGER, LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

August 23, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRAVELLING FROM C M TO BELT SUMPING POINT WHEN STRUCK HOLE IN MINE FLOOR CAUSING BOUND BOUNCE AROUND IN DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR STRAINED BACK.

June 1, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ WAS LOADING MINE TIMBERS INTO MINE SUPPLY VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE MINE WHILE LIFTING A MINE TIMBER HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 5, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman ENTRAPMENT
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CM ON A PILLAR RECOVERY SECTION HE WAS FINISHING THE FIRST PUSHOUT ON THE NUMBER TWO CHAIN PILLAR WHEN A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED COVERING THE MACHINE AN D TRAPPING HIM IN THE MACHINE

May 4, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK 2 FEET BY 2 FEET BY 5 INCHES THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOFBOLTS AND STRUCK INJURED ON LOWER LEFT LEG

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