PUSHING ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SLIPPED STRUCK KNEE AGAINST GROUND.
Mine No 1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 10 reportable incidents since 1987.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
- P M Charles Coal Company 1950 to 1987
- Southbend Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1989
- Kris Energy Inc 1989 to present
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10 | 17,938 |
| 1989 | 18 | 6,951 |
| 1988 | 27 | 102,918 |
| 1987 | 24 | 45,471 |
| 1986 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1984 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 16 | 27,303 |
Mine No 1 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
10 on file1990 · 4 incidents
REMOVING DRAWROCK FROM MINER & SPRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING ROCK
EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELL AGAINST TAILPIECE.
SC CABLE SPLICE CAME APART DURING MDDG CYCLE.ELECTRICIAN WENT TO SECTION POWER CENTER TO DE-DENERGIZE AND REMOVE CABLE PLUG FROM RECEPT.UPON REUTURNING,USED OWN METER TO INSURE CABLE WAS DE-EN ERGIZED...I.NAME STARTED TO SQUARE OFF CABLE WITH HACKSAW,ARC OCCURRED DUE TO WRONG PLUG BEING REMOVED FROM POWER CENTER.FLASH ARC BURN TO BOTH EYES.
1988 · 3 incidents
REMVOING ROCK FROM DUMPING PAOIN OF BELT LINE AND A PIECE OF RAOCK CAUGHT AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.
MOVING LOOSE ROCK AWY FROM BELT LINE AND DROPPED A PIECE AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING HIS RING FINGER.
WHILE HELPING TO ERECT A METAL CANOPY OVER THE BELT PRTAL, HE BUMPED HIS BACK AGAINST ONE SIDE OF THE CANOPY AND RECEIVED BRUISES AND SCRATCHES ON THE LOWER BACK AND SHOULDER.
1987 · 3 incidents
I.NAME THE MINE9 MACHINE OP WAS INSTALLING CUTTING BITS ON THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS & STRUCK HIM ON HIS SHOULDER & UPPER BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS SHOULDE9 & DECIDED TO GOT TOT HE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.
WHILE IN THE PR2CESS OF DISLODGING A PIEE OF ROCK FROM THE FEEDER CONVEYOR THE WORKER SLIPPED AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE IN THE P9OCESS OF MINING THROUGH A ROCK ROLL I NAME ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #3 HEADING WHEN DRILL DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 9X11X2 TO A FEATHERED EDGE, S STRUCK HIM ON L9FT SHOULDER AND NECK CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN OF THE NECK AND SOME SMALL SCRATCHES