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Central Shop: 1 reportable incident Coal

Kanawha Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Stelco Inc
Ashford, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604538

MSHA record for Central Shop (mine ID 4604538). 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
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Kanawha Coal Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Central Shop sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 17, 1986 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A 5-TON L3FTING JACK TO REPAIR A CROSS MEMBER ON A 21SC WHEN THE JACK BROKE CAUSING A SUDEDEN RELEASE TO THE SLATE BAR BEING USED IN THE JACK. NOTE: THIS INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 3-18-86 A ND ON 4-15-86 T2E COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED A CLAIM WAS FILED