Mining Incidents

Bunker Slate Dump: 9 reportable incidents Coal

A S & K Inc · Facility
Controlled by Marsh Robin G
Walnut Hill Road, Monongalia County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607541

MSHA record for Bunker Slate Dump (mine ID 4607541). 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
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. A S & K Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bunker Slate Dump sits in Monongalia County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
Monongalia County, West Virginia · Population 106,520
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,704
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

1989 · 9 incidents

October 28, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A S & K Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN MUD ABOVE ANKLE DEEP TAKING ACOUPLING OFF A 4" LINE WHEN THE BANK SLID IN. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND HIS ANKLE STAYED IN MUD. THE EMERGENCY SQUAD WAS CAL LED.

October 6, 1989 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A S & K Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS SHOVELING COAL-RAISED UP AND EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

May 2, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A S & K Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT THUMB WITH SLEDGE.

April 15, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A S & K Inc · Fall from machine

ATTEMPTING TO LOWER SELF FROM MACHINE MISSED HAND GUARD AND DROPPED TO GROUND HITTING BACK AGAINST MACHINE.

March 20, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A S & K Inc · Fall from ladders

A LADDER BEING USED IN THE PLANT EVIDENTALLY HAD A DAMAGED BOTTOM STEP WHEN CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER HE STEPPED ON THE DAMAGED STEP AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

March 5, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
A S & K Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS IN BACKHOE BUCKET AND GAVE OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAM FORWARD AND WHEN HE DID HEMOSHED I NAME HAND AGAINST POLE

February 28, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A S & K Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE UNLOADING 50# BAGS OF MAGNATITE FROM PALLETT IN LOADER BUCKET & STACKING IN PLANT HE EVIDENTLY PICKED UP WRONG & TWISTED OR STRAINED BACK.

February 28, 1989 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A S & K Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE UNLOADING 50# BAGS OF MAGNATITE FROM PALLET IN LOADER BUCKET AND STACKING IN PLANT HE EVIDENTLY PICKED UP WRONG AND TWISTED HIS BACK

January 23, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
A S & K Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

FUEL WAS BEING BURNED IN A BARREL UNDER AN OUTSIDE BELT. THE MAN STOOD WITH HIS BACK TO THE BARREL AND CAUGHT HIS CLOTHING ON FIRE.