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No 1: 6 reportable incidents Coal

L J K Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Edwards Stanley
Artie, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608151

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4608151). 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
1992–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Ownership history
  1. L J K Mining Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
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

1993 · 3 incidents

July 7, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
L J K Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING MANTRIP TO SECTION: HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH NECK.

June 29, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
L J K Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE, OUTSIDE MAN WAS HELPING COWORKER, SCOOPMAN, LOAD SUPPLIES ON SURFACE SUPPLY YARD. COWORKER STARTED MOVING THE SCOOP TO LOAD ROCK DUCT & EE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP FRAM & A PALLET OF R OCK DUST INJURING BOTH LOWER LEGS.

March 29, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
L J K Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

RUNNING A BUGGY; RAN OVER A ROOF BOLT; ROOF BOLT FLEW UP AND HIT EYE.

1992 · 3 incidents

November 27, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
L J K Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS PUTTING ROCK DUST IN ROCK DUSTING MACHINE AND HE GOT HIS FOREARM CAUGHT BETWEEN MINE ROOF ADN TOP OF ROCK DUSTER.

November 25, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L J K Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SURFACE COAL SHUTE HAD STOPPED UP WITH COAL AND EE WAS SHOVELING THE COAL OUT OF THE BOTTOM TO OPEN UP CHUTE WHEN THE COAL IN THE CHUTE BEGAN TO SLIDE OUT OF THE SHUTTLE IT STUCK HIM CAUSING H IM TO FALL OVER AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE COAL PIT.

September 22, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
L J K Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP OF RIGHT SIDE OF FLETCHER DUAL HEAD BOLTER. HE INSTALLED THE FIRST BOLT ON RIGHT SIDE NEAREST THE RIB AND SWUNG THE DRILL BOOM INTO INSTALL. THE SECOND BOLT IN THIS R OW WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 60"X24"X3" FELL FROM BETWEEN PREVIOUS BOLT INSTALLED & RIB STRIKING HIM ON LEFT ANKLE.