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No 3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Keenco Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Keen Larry R
Verner, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607449

No 3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Desperado Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  2. Kerz Coal Corp 1988 to 1993
  3. Keenco Coal Corp 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 3 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 7, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Desperado Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT TO THE OUTSIDE. ENTRY WAS ONLY 16' WIDE DUE TO THE FIRST LINE OF BREAKS REQUIREMENTS. HE WAS PINNED INTO RIB WHEN MINER WAS ROUNDING CORNER STIFF JACKI NG HIS UNIT SIDEWAYS. INJURED WAS BRUISED HIPS AND NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.