Mining Incidents

Dingess Branch No 1 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Mc Kinney Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mc Kinney Ivan C Sr
Lorado, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608615

MSHA record for Dingess Branch No 1 Mine (mine ID 4608615). 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
1997–1998
Latest incident
Feb 1998
Ownership history
  1. Mc Kinney Mining Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dingess Branch No 1 Mine sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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

1998 · 4 incidents

February 23, 1998 WV · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Kinney Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS FANS BELT ECT. HAD TERRIBLE PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF GROIN AREA.

January 8, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Kinney Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

BELIEVED HE PULLED A MUSCLE BOUNCING IN A SCOOP. HIT TWO BUMPS IN THE ROAD.

January 6, 1998 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Kinney Mining Inc · Fall down stairs

FELL ON STEPS WAS CAUGHT BY EMPLOYEE. DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURY UNTIL 2 DAYS LATER.

1997 · 1 incident

October 13, 1997 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Mc Kinney Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING THE CUTTER OVER USING THE HYDRAULIC BOOM AND SET THE OPERATOR'S DECK ON HIS BIG TOE.