Mining Incidents

Queen Shoals Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Path Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Alperin Norman
Corton, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606653

MSHA record for Queen Shoals Mine #1 (mine ID 4606653). 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
1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Path Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Queen Shoals Mine #1 sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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

1984 · 1 incident

August 28, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Path Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE USING THE ROOF BOLTER ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBER AND MACHINE.