Mining Incidents

Eskdale Prep Plant: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Christian C Lynch Iii
Eskdale, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603194

MSHA record for Eskdale Prep Plant (mine ID 4603194). 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
1983–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Imperial Colliery Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Eskdale Prep Plant sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
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

5 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 22, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Imperial Colliery Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME ALLEGES 2E HAS A COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS HE LAST WORKED FOR IMPERIAL 050782 WHEN HE WAS LAID OFF BECAUSE OF NO WORK AVAILABLE

1986 · 1 incident

December 31, 1986 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Imperial Colliery Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME ALLEGES 2E HAS A NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS HE RETURED & LAST WORKED 102982

1984 · 1 incident

February 29, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imperial Colliery Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING UP LUMP COAL THAT WAS FEEDING INTO FEEDER FOR CROWBER THE AREA WAS WET & ICY. HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS RT HIP AGAINST SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED 1 SHIFT.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 7, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imperial Colliery Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL IN DOZER, SLIPPED AND FELL, REPORTED HE STRUCK HIS RIB CAGE AGAINST T DOZER, COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN RT. RIBCAGE AREA.

May 16, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Imperial Colliery Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PERFORMING IDLE DAY WORK, WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE. LIFTING SHOVEL FULL OF COAL & STRAINED BACK MUSCLES. DR. GAVE SOME PAIN PILLS MUSCLE RELAXER 10 DAYS REST.