Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Denart Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Vance Don
Carbon, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606812

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4606812). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Denart Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 18, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Denart Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MOUNTING TRUCK 7IRE ON WHEEL - TIRE AND RIM BLEW APART - RIM STRUCK VICTIM IN HAD

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1987 WV · Coal FIRE
Denart Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DURING REGULAR 4INING CYCLE THE MINER ENCOUNTERED OLD WORKING FROM WYATT COAL CO AND MINES. THE MINE MAP WAS OFF APPROX 300 FT CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE WAS SHOWN AT SHOWN AT THE TI4E OF ACCIDENT

August 25, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Denart Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

2 MEN OPERATING3ROOF BOLTER.I.NAME HAD DRILL STEEL HUNG IN HOLE.TRIED TO RETRIECE IT WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN MACHINE GOT GLOVE CAUGHT.I.NAME TRIED TO HELP ALSO WITHOUT STOPPING MACHINE AND GOT H IS GLOVE CAUGHT3ALSO.BOTH MEN INJURED.I.NAME WILL BE ON ANOTHER REPORT.THESE MEN WORKED 3RD SHIFT AND WERE WELL EXPERIENCED ALL EQUIP.

August 25, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Denart Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME OPERATIN1 ROOF BOLTER DRILL STEEL FOULED IN THE ROOF.HE TRIED TO GET IT OUT BY PUTTING BOLT WRENCH ON STEEL WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING.HIS GLOVE AND HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND ST EEL CAUSING INJ6RY TO LEFT HAND.

1984 · 1 incident