Mining Incidents

Bolt Loading Dock: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Ranger Fuel Corp · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Bolt, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602178

MSHA record for Bolt Loading Dock (mine ID 4602178). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ranger Fuel Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bolt Loading Dock sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

December 8, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ranger Fuel Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COMPENSATION AW5RD FOR CWP.

October 27, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ranger Fuel Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COMPENSETIM AWA9D FOR CWP.

July 22, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ranger Fuel Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COMPENSATION AW5RD FOR CWP.

April 10, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPENSATION CL5IN FOR HEARING LOSS-04/10/87

1986 · 3 incidents

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 3

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 3

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 3

1985 · 1 incident

April 11, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ranger Fuel Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SLEDGE FDROM PREP PLANT TO REFUSE DUMP. AS HE WAS HAULING HIS LOAD TO THE DUMP, HE MET AN EMPTY REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER BY OTHER EMPLOYEE. OTHER EMPLOYEE\S TRUCK STARTED SLID ING ON THE WET MUDDY ROAD. I,NAME STOPPED & THEN CUT RIGHT TO TRY TO AVOID OTHER EMPLOYEE\S TRUCK, BUT THE BACK END OF OTHER EMPLOYEE\S BED STRUCK HIM LEFT FRONT.

1983 · 1 incident

September 16, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ranger Fuel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING A 14IN PIPE IN PLACE WITH CHAIN FALLS THE PIPE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN A BEAM AND THE PIPE