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No 3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Boomer, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608014

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4608014). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. S M K Mining & Construction Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1991 · 1 incident

June 14, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
S M K Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE THIRD SHIFT BOSS & ELECTRICAN WHO BOTH HAD BEEN TRAINED IN OPERATION OF BOLTER WHERE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT TORQUE ON BOLTER FOR INSTALLATION OF CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. THE INDINIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO FOUL TORQUE WRENCH AGAINST ATRS JACK WITH PART OF TORQUE WRONG THAT GOES AN SOCKET DOWN IN POT OF BOLTER. THE TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF JACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THIGH.