Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Kris Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Frazier Robert B
Rawl, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4600861

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4600861). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. P M Charles Coal Company 1950 to 1987
  2. Southbend Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1989
  3. Kris Energy Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

April 9, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kris Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PUSHING ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SLIPPED STRUCK KNEE AGAINST GROUND.

March 30, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kris Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REMOVING DRAWROCK FROM MINER & SPRAINED BACK WHEN LIFTING ROCK

March 30, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kris Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELL AGAINST TAILPIECE.

March 16, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Kris Energy Inc · Flash burns (electric)

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

April 20, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMVOING ROCK FROM DUMPING PAOIN OF BELT LINE AND A PIECE OF RAOCK CAUGHT AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.

April 14, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING LOOSE ROCK AWY FROM BELT LINE AND DROPPED A PIECE AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING HIS RING FINGER.

April 12, 1988 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

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

September 19, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

July 13, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE PR2CESS OF DISLODGING A PIEE OF ROCK FROM THE FEEDER CONVEYOR THE WORKER SLIPPED AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

May 28, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Southbend Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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