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Pond Fork No 1 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Phillips Coal Company Inc · Underground
Bob White, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604783

Pond Fork No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Phillips Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 31 112,083
1985 45 229,005
1984 32 127,726
1983 15 57,938
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pond Fork No 1 Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1983 · 4 incidents

July 12, 1983 WV · Coal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

REEL COVER ON SHUTTLE CAR FELL ON HAND-BRANHAM WAS CHECKING CABLE WHILE REEL COVER WAS UP. BRANHAM THOUGHT D. SHEPPARD WAS HOLDING COVER. COVER FELL STRIKING BRANHAM ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

June 6, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phillips Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP MINER CABLE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK

May 16, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

RICKY HATFIELD WAS DRILLING HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT DRILL STEEL BECAME LODGED IN HOLE HE LOWERED DRILL HEAD TO REMOVE STEEL BY HAND HE THEN PLACED LEFT HAND ON DRILL HEAD THE DRILL STEEL FEL L FROM HOLE STRIKING HATFIELD ON BACK OF LEFT HAND BRUISING BACK OF LEFT HAND

February 1, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phillips Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND HURT HIS BACK