Mining Incidents

Kambric No 36 B: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Viking Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Avx Inc
Albright, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606130

MSHA record for Kambric No 36 B (mine ID 4606130). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Viking Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kambric No 36 B sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1984 · 5 incidents

June 29, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CABLE IN X-CUT & PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

April 16, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MEN WERE MOVING BARS & POSTS. HE WENT TO PICK ONE UP AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

March 16, 1984 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Viking Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TRACTOR & CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN TRACTOR & SCOOP BUCKET.

January 23, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Viking Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUSHING STEEL INTO ROOF WITH HOOD OF BOLTER THE STEEL SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK ARTHER IN THE SIDE OF HEAD ABOVE RIGHT EYE

January 12, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Viking Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN INSTALLING GOT CAUGHT ON BOLT & IT PULLED THUMBNAIL OFF.

1983 · 6 incidents

December 27, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Viking Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AROUND ON PAVEMENT MARKING UP THE PLACE TO BE BOLTED AND PUT KNEE DOWN ON A PIECE OF COAL BRUISING KNEE

July 14, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELTMAN WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELT PULLED LOWER BACK

May 3, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Viking Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELTMAN WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE THROUGH MAIN DOOR WHEN SHOVEL HIT SIDE OF DOORWAY SHOVEL BOUNCED BACK AND HIT MAN ON L EFT JAW

January 11, 1983 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Viking Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MINER MEN WERE CHANGING BITS IN MINER. FOREMAN TURNER WAS IN AREA BUT NOT TO CLOSE. PARTICLE OF STEEL HIT TURNER IN LEFT EYE.

January 6, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Viking Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BOLTER HELPER WAS HANGING BRATTICE CURTAIN WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK