Mining Incidents

Hackers Creek Mine #18: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Miami Coal Company · Underground
Fairmont, Harrison County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606984

MSHA record for Hackers Creek Mine #18 (mine ID 4606984). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Miami Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hackers Creek Mine #18 sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Harrison County, West Virginia · Population 65,407
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,326
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 20, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miami Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON MINING CABLE RESULTING IN SWELLING AND PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT ADBOMEN.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Miami Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCK DUST. STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.

April 4, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miami Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT ROOF WITH BUGGY CANOPY CAME TO ABRUPT HALT CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL

1987 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miami Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

FELL AGAINST SC2OP & BRUISED HIPS

1986 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miami Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME,AN EMPLO2EE,ACCIDENTLY HIT I.NAME IN THE MOUTH WITH A HAMMER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG A DRILL STEEL,RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO TO THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE MOUTH.