Mining Incidents

No 20 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Imperial Colliery Company · Underground
Controlled by Christian C Lynch Iii
Eskdale, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604460

MSHA record for No 20 Mine (mine ID 4604460). 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
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Imperial Colliery Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 20 Mine 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Imperial Colliery Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

I NAME ALLEGES 2E HAS A NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. HE LAST WORKED FOR I MPERIAL 1-24-80.

May 10, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Imperial Colliery Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I NAME ALLEGES 2E HAS COAL WORKER PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HE LAST WORKED FOR IMPERIAL 5-1-82 WHEN HE WAS LADI OFF BECAUSE OF NO WORK AVAILABLE.