Mining Incidents

Mine No 59: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Royal Scot Minerals Inc · Underground
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606426

MSHA record for Mine No 59 (mine ID 4606426). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Leckie Smokeless Coal Company 1981 to 1997
  2. Royal Scot Minerals Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 59 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

March 2, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL MOVING ROCK WHEN ANOTHER ROCK FELL FROM ROOF SMASHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 ROCKS CAUSING CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.

February 15, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND ABRASIONS.

1985 · 4 incidents

August 14, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET SPARE PARTS FROM A REAR SIDE TRAY ON A 300 GALIUS BOLTER IN A CROUCHED POSITION LEANING ON BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FEEL FROM BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORTS STRIKING E

April 20, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESET A CONTROL BREAKER TO A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE BREAKER LEVER

March 28, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL REMOVING PERMANENT STOPING AND AS HE REMVOED A 8\\ X 16\\ CINDER BLOCK ,ONE FELL STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OFHIS FOOT.

March 6, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE INJURY OCCURRED ONMINE PROPERTY. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN OR HOW - BUT HIS BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM WHILE HANDLING MINE TIMBER.

1984 · 1 incident

May 21, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING THE TRAVELING CABLE OF A 1028 JEFFEREY MINER WHEN HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1983 · 2 incidents

August 29, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER WHEN HE TURNED, AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT. THIS TWISTED HIS BACK, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK.

June 2, 1983 WV · Coal master electrician HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SUPERVISOR EMP WAS BREAKING AN OVERSIZE PIECE OF ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE HAMMER AND STRUCK THE MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AGAINST A RAIL