Mining Incidents

Lost Run Deep Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Bjm Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Kamm Robert E Jr
Erbacon, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608163

Lost Run Deep Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Bjm Coal Company 1992 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)
1994 0
1993 23 254,920
1992 17 166,355
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lost Run Deep Mine No 1 sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
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

1993 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1993 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bjm Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

PUSHING ROOFBOLTER UPO A GRADE AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT SIDE ON PANIC BAR IN SCOOP. CRACKED TWO RIBS.