Mining Incidents

Childress Plant #3: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Mountain, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607563

MSHA record for Childress Plant #3 (mine ID 4607563). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Childress Service Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Childress Plant #3 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

June 30, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Childress Service Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING DOZER- SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND- HURT BACK.

February 20, 1992 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Childress Service Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJ GOING ACROSS 3RD FLOOR TO UNPLUG SPIRALS AND STEPPED ON PIECE OF 10" PIPE.SLIPPED & FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

1991 · 1 incident

June 14, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Childress Service Corp · Fall from ladders

INJURED WAS STANDING ON LADDER WELDING.HE STARTED DOWN LADDER AND RUNG NEXT TO BOTTOM BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS LEFT ELBOW AND LOWER BACK,CAUSING SPRAINED MUSCLE.

1990 · 1 incident

June 2, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Childress Service Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF KNOCKING A BEARING BACK IN HOUSING

1989 · 1 incident

November 6, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Childress Service Corp · Flash burns (electric)

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT DUST ACIUMULATION FROM STARTER BOXES IN CONTROL BOOM, WHEN AIR HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF INJURED'S HANDS CASUING DUST TO IGNITE IN STARTER & INJURED'S EYES WERE FLASH BURNED.