New King Fuel Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED 200'INBY SPAD 710(BELT ENTRY).FALL MEASURED 25'WIDE X 42'LONG 1-7'THICK.NO PERSONS OR EQUIP.INVOLVED.FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP SUPPORTED AND REPORTED.
Bufflick No 1 Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
New King Fuel Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Lyons Ray
Hugheston,
Kanawha County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607344
MSHA record for Bufflick No 1 Mine (mine ID 4607344). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1988–1992
- Latest incident
- Mar 1992
Ownership history
- Bufflick Inc 1987 to 1991
- Bufflick Inc 1990 to 1991
- New King Fuel Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Bufflick No 1 Mine sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file1992 · 3 incidents
January 27, 1992
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
New King Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CANOPY ON SHUTTLE CAR ROFFED OUT AND BROKE OFF PINNING VICTIM IN BUGGY.
January 10, 1992
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
New King Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING VICTIM.
1991 · 2 incidents
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WET & WEEK TOP.
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #3 THE FALL MEASURED 30FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG BY 6 FT.THE FALL OCCURRED 250 FT INBY SPAD #609 IN THE #3 ENTRY .
1990 · 1 incident
January 24, 1990
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bufflick Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALLATION A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STUCK INJURED ON THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.HE WAS TAKEN TO CAMC WHERE THE WOUND WAS CLEANED AND HE WAS RELEASED.
1989 · 2 incidents
February 17, 1989
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bufflick Inc · Fall from machine
VICTIM JUMPED OFF UN-A-TRAC AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. X-RAYS REVEALED A BREAK HAD OCCURRED.
January 9, 1989
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Bufflick Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
WHILE DRILLING TOP DURING BOLTING OPERATIONS,EMPL RUBBER GLOVE MELTED AND STUCK TO ROTATING DRILL STEEL WRAPPING HAND AROUND STEEL AND BREAKING ALL FINGERS AND AMPUTATING SMALL FINGER RIGHT HA
1988 · 4 incidents
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AT ABOVE TIME & DATE FALL WAS DISCOVERED MEASURING APPROX 20'X20'X2-4' THICK. FALL WAS LOCATED 120' INBY SPAD #17S INTAKE AIR. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED.
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ON OR ABOUT THE ABOVE TIME AND DATE, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING APPROX. 50' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 6-10' THICK. THE FALL IS LOCATED IN A NEUTRAL ENTRY APPROX. 20' INBY SPAD #279. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED.
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ON OR ABOUT 2AM ON ABOVE DATE AN UNITENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION AT NO 40 BREAKTHROUGH MAINS NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED MSHA WAS NOTIFIED UPON FINDING THE FALL IN TAKE AIRCOURSE SURVEY STATION #175 FALL DIM 20' X 30' X 5' THICK
August 12, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bufflick Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS TAKING CRIB BLOCK FROM UNDER THE FEEDER THE FEEDER WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME AS THE INJURED REACHED FOR THE BLOCK THE FEEDER FELL SIDEWAYS AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE CRIB B LOCK AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER