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No 20 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Honaker Leasing Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jack Honaker
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606109

MSHA record for No 20 Mine (mine ID 4606109). 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
1989–1995
Latest incident
Feb 1995
Ownership history
  1. Southwest Mining Inc 1979 to 1981
  2. Southwest Mining Inc 1981 to 1987
  3. R B J Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  4. Faye Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  5. Faye Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1991
  6. Big Boy Trucking Inc 1991 to 1994
  7. Dk'S Pride Inc 1994 to 1995
  8. Bluewater Inc 1995 to 1996
  9. Bluewater Inc 1996 to 1996
  10. Partners Unlimited 1996 to 1996
  11. Honaker Leasing Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 20 Mine 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

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

February 6, 1995 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dk'S Pride Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN BELT LINE

1989 · 1 incident

October 10, 1989 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Faye Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PUTTING TRAM MOTOR ON CAR SLIPPED FELL PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK OR SHOULDER BOLT ON WAS DAMP