Mining Incidents

Hampton No 43 Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Dan W Tucker
Clothier, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607230

MSHA record for Hampton No 43 Surface Mine (mine ID 4607230). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. T & S Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hampton No 43 Surface Mine 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

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

March 28, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
T & S Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED STA7ED WHILE PUSHING SHOT MATERIAL TO PREPARE DRILL BENCH THE D8 DOZER SLIPPED OFF A ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.

January 28, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & S Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CUTTING BRUSH A3D TREES SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINED LOWER BACK.