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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

No 20 Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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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.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1998 6 10,955
1997 4 23,589
1995 1
1993 14 25,885
1992 15 55,188
1991 16 60,577
1990 14 47,323
1989 11 36,233
1988 4 6,181
1987 7 12,020
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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

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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