Stoney Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HELPING TO LIFT GATHERING POT FOR MINER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULLIN LOWER BACK
No 6 Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal
Stoney Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Henry Paul Kizer
Wyco,
Wyoming County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607408
MSHA record for No 6 Mine (mine ID 4607408). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Jan 1990
Ownership history
- Stoney Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 6 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
8 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 4 incidents
Stoney Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
I NAME ROOF FALL WHILE MINING INBY INTERSEECTION IN #3 ENTRY 75FT INBY SPA #350-20FT WIDE 30FT LONG & 20FT THICK TRAPPED CONT MINER WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE FROM FACE NO INJURIES
Stoney Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHILE SPLICING MINER CABLE.
September 5, 1989
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Stoney Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAY. CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.
February 23, 1989
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stoney Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING DOWN TO GET IH HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1988 · 3 incidents
September 8, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Stoney Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ROCK DUSTING TRAVEL ROADWAYS AUGERS ON ROCK DUST MACHINE BECAME FOULED. WHILE TRYING TO FREE THE AUGERS WITH RIGHT HAND, THEY STARTED UP CATCHING RING FINGER & LONG FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, MASHING & CUTTING SKIN ON FINGERS FROM END OT FIRST JOINT.
March 2, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stoney Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD ARM AND HAND REACHING OUT OFFERING CHEWING GUM TO ASSIST SUPERNT PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP 4 IN THICK 8 IN WIDE 15 IN LONG STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND KNOCKING HIM T O GROUND AND MASHING THUMB AGAINST MINE FLOOR
Stoney Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
SECTION 75 FEET INBY SPAD #58 AREA OF INTERSECTION IN #2 ENTRY APPROX. 40 FEET OUTBY FACE FELL IN. SLIP RUNNING FROM INSHADDED AREA ON SKETCH FELL ABOVE ANCHOURAGE RANGE TAPERNG DOWN TO 4 TO 6 ON OUTER EDGES, 30 FEET ROOF BOLTS WERE STILL INTACT AROUND 42 FEET AREA AND METAL STRAP WERE VISIBLE.