Mining Incidents

McComas Processing Facility: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Star Services, LLC · Facility
McComas, Mercer County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602827

MSHA record for McComas Processing Facility (mine ID 4602827). 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
Nov 1985
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
254
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Consolidation Coal Company 1950 to 2014
  2. Star Services, LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 0
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 0
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

McComas Processing Facility sits in Mercer County, West 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.
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REC'D LETTER FR2M COMP COMMISSIONER AWARDING 5% OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

August 23, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMIOSSIONER AWARDING 5% OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

1984 · 3 incidents

September 18, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

August 9, 1984 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

August 9, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS