Mining Incidents

No 7: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Compton Kennie D
Connection Established, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607511

MSHA record for No 7 (mine ID 4607511). 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
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Little Man Coal Inc 1988 to 1989
  2. Canrun Coal Inc 1989 to 1989
  3. War Eagle Construction Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 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

6 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

June 5, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
War Eagle Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER FAILED TO LOWER BED OF TRUCK, AFTER DUMPING AT TIPPLE, WHEN DRIVING FROM TIPPLE DUMP, BED OF TRUCK CAUGHT ON LOW VOLTAGE LINES, CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN. NO ELECTRICAL CHARGES OCCURRED TO DRIVER OR TRUCK.

March 21, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
War Eagle Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING TURNBUCKLE UP TO ANCHOR PIN AT TAILPIECE. TAILPIECE MOVED CAUSING FINGER TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN TURNBUCKLE AND ANCHOR PIN.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 8, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
War Eagle Construction Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

I NAME PULLED OFF HAUL ROAD IN A NON-WORKING AREA TO WAIT ON TRUCKS TO LOAD WHILE WAITING HE DECIDED TO CHECK TRUCK BRAKES HE RAISED TRUCK BED GOT OUT & WENT TO PASSENGERS DOOR TO GET A WRENC H WHEN HE REACH FOR THE HANDLE THE POWER FROM THE HIGH VOLTAGE LINE KNOCKED HIM OUT HE STATED THAT IT WAS DARK WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE MINE & DID NOT NOTICE HE HAD RISEN BED IN THE POWER

January 10, 1989 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Man Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUMPED ACROSS COAL PILE TO ANSWER PHONE STOOD UP AND TWISTED BACK

1988 · 1 incident