Mining Incidents

No 1: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Coalwood, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605354

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4605354). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Apex Coal Corp 1976 to 1985
  2. Burke Mountain Trucking Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 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

6 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

January 3, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Burke Mountain Trucking Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED ON OFFSIDE OF MINER MOVING PIECE OF ROCK.OPERATOR WASNT SURE HE WAS CLOSE TO MINER AND TRAMMED MINER BACK PINNING INJ RIGHT FOOT UNDER FRAME.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 15, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Burke Mountain Trucking Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH CAME OUT OF DRILL HEAD & STRUCK OPERATOR ABOVE LEFT EYE.