Dixs Creek Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)
EE WAS WORKING ON A GROUND MONITOR INSIDE SECTION POSER CENTER WHEN A WIRE FELL ONTO ONE OF THE PHASES "480 VOLT" CAUSING THE WIRE TO ARC.
No 30 Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Dixs Creek Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Billy R Lee
Keystone,
Wyoming County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607415
MSHA record for No 30 Mine (mine ID 4607415). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1991–1999
- Latest incident
- Apr 1999
Ownership history
- Double G Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1989
- M & C Construction Inc 1989 to 1989
- Double G Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1992
- Golden Arrow Mining Inc 1992 to 1993
- J D Mining Company Inc 1993 to 1994
- 16 Tons Coal Company Inc 1994 to 1994
- Circle A Mining Inc 1994 to 1996
- Circle A Mining Inc 1996 to 1996
- H & R Coal Company Inc 1996 to 1998
- Dixs Creek Mining Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 30 Mine sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1999 · 1 incident
1994 · 2 incidents
April 18, 1994
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
16 Tons Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHIE TRAMMING BRIDGES TO MIENR #3 BRIDGE PULLED #2 BRIDGE SIDEWAYS. #2 BRIDGE OPERATOR AHD HIS LEFT HAND ON TRAM LEVERS AN DIT FORCED HIS ARM INTO THE TOP ROOF. COAL HEIGHT 34" - 36", ARM WA S NOT BETWEN THE BRIDGE AND ROOF.
April 4, 1994
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
16 Tons Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BRIDGE OPERATOR WHILE TRAMMING BRIDGES FROM MINER BACK TO TAILPIECE SAID HE WAS CONCERNED WITH NOT HITTING CABLE THAT WAS HUNG AGAINST ROOF AND ALLOWED BRIDGE TRACK TO GET ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. FOOT WAS BRUISED AND CAUSING PAIN, SENT OPERATOR TO SURFACE AND SENT HIM FOR X-RAYS. X-RAYS SHOWED NO BROKEN BONES. 36" IS AVERAGE HEIGHT ON SECTION.
1993 · 1 incident
J D Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
COMING OUT OF OFFICE AND STEPPED ON CINDER BLOCK STEP AND IT FLIPPED OVER AND HE FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND HEAD.
1991 · 2 incidents
Double G Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WAS WORKING ON A SCOOP AND THE FACE OFF BREAKER.WHEN WIRING THE BREAKER ANS WENT TO PUT THE BREAKER IN,A WIRE GOT GROUNDED ON HOT SIDE AGAINST FRAME OF SCOOP CAUSING FLASHBACK BURNS TO BOTH HA NDS AND FOREARM.WE WERE WORKING IN LOW CLEARANCETOP.
Double G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS MAKING A CABLE SPLICE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HAND.