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K S No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Keokee, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406255

MSHA record for K S No 1 (mine ID 4406255). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Westmoreland Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

K S No 1 sits in Lee County, 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Westmoreland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MAKING REPAIR ON HYD HOSE CONTAINED WITHIN A METAL CHAIN HYD PRESSURE DROPPED CREATING SLACK IN CHAIN PRESSURE RETURNED TAKING UP SLACK AND CATCHING I NAME FINGER BETWEEN HOSE AND CHA IN AND GUIDE

August 11, 1988 VA · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator MACHINERY
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL OVERBURDEN WHEN DIRT WALL SLID OFF AND ROCK SMASHED INTO CABL DOOR, BENDING IT IN AND BREAKING GLASS. DOOR CAUSED AVULSION TO UPPER AND LOWER ARM. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER DARK. INJURED WAS ABLE TO FORCE DOOR OPEN AND EXIT CAB.

1986 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SLICK FLOOR STRIKING A SHARP OBJECT CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH DIGITS OF THE LEFT HAND

April 4, 1986 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MOVING R2CK OFFAUGER, RAISED UP H ITTING HEAD ON LADDER OF MINER.