Mining Incidents

Mckay-Section 12 Surface Coal Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Black Diamond, King County, WA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4502150

MSHA record for Mckay-Section 12 Surface Coal Mine (mine ID 4502150). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Palmer Coking Coal Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mckay-Section 12 Surface Coal Mine sits in King County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
King County, Washington · Population 2,262,713
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$122,148
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

November 27, 1984 WA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

FLASHBURN IN LEFT EYE RESULTING FROM REAR & SIDE EXPOSURE TO INTENSIVE LIGHT RAYS FROM WELDING OPERATOR TWO WELDERS WERE WSORKING SIDE BY SIDE & WELDING LIGHT FROM WELDER #1 AFFECTED I.NAME IN JURY WAS NOTED LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN I.NAME WENT TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP COMPLAINING OF A SORE EYE DIAGNOIS WAS BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASION

July 3, 1984 WA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PULLING DIESEL HOSE FROM PUMP TRUCK WHEN HE TRIPPED AND THE NOZZLE HIT HIM IN THE TEETH CHIPPING TWO FRONT TEETH

May 11, 1984 WA · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN CHANGING DRILL STEEL. WHILE IN T HE PROESS OF LIFTING STEEL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER CACK WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIBELY WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ON.

1983 · 1 incident

July 26, 1983 WA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Palmer Coking Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BRE SIKES AND MORRIS WERE BREAKING ROCKS TOO BIG TO FIT ONTO THE R AW COAL BELT SIKES PLACED HIS HAND ON A ROCK NOT THINKING MORRIS WAS GOING TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL SWING AT IT WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER SIKES LEFT RING FINGER WAS BROKEN AT THE END JOINT AND SPLIT OPEN REQUIRING STICHES