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Mine No 43: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605343

MSHA record for Mine No 43 (mine ID 4605343). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. B & M Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1992
  2. Blair & Hatcher Mining Incorporaed 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 43 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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 · 1 incident

August 10, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Blair & Hatcher Mining Incorporaed · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING MOVED BACKWARD, WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND COAL RIB AT CORNER OF INTERSECTION. MINER OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW HE WAS IN AREA AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. HE WA S SUPPOSED TO BE SETTING TIMBERS TWO BREAKS AWAY.

1985 · 1 incident