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Kistler Mine No 1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Coalfield Construction Inc · Underground
Kistler, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604076

MSHA record for Kistler Mine No 1 (mine ID 4604076). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Stevan Coal Company 1974 to 1976
  2. Stevan Coal Company 1976 to 1977
  3. Stevan Coal Company 1977 to 1984
  4. Seminole Coal Inc 1984 to 1986
  5. Southern Coal & Trucking Inc 1986 to 1987
  6. Coalfield Construction Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kistler Mine No 1 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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

1985 · 3 incidents

July 10, 1985 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seminole Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FIRE BOSSING MOVING TIMBER AND SLIP AND FELL HURT LOWERS PART OF BACK.

June 3, 1985 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seminole Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER PULLING AND LIFTING TIMBER FROM TIMBER PILE TO SCOOP

May 10, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Seminole Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS HANGING BRATTICE WHEN STRIKING NAIL PIECE OF METAL HIT IN CORNER OF EYE

1984 · 2 incidents

December 5, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Seminole Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS BOLTING TOP NEXT TO COAL RIB WHEN COAL FELL STRIKING VICTIM ON BACK CAUSING VICTIM TO STRIKE FACE ON MACHINE BURSTING LIPS & NOSE