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Kitty No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Blondy Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Workman David E Jr
Volga, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608280

Kitty No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1997.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Ownership history
  1. Blondy Mining Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1999 0
1997 9 7,359
1996 4 1,746
1995 0
1994 2
1993 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Kitty No 1 Mine sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

September 24, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blondy Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE SC HIT THE RIB CAUSING THE SC TO BOUNCE, CAUSING OPERATOR TO JAM HIS HEAD INTO THE CANOPY CAUSING INJURY TO NECK AND BACK OF THE OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR HAD INJURED HIS NECK AT ANOTHER OPER ATION WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY IN MAY OF 1996. THEINJURY OCCURRED 9/24. HE CAME BACK TO WORK 9/25 ON 9/27 HE WENT TO DR. AND IS UNDER PHYSICIANS CARE.