Mining Incidents

Rr Loadout Facilities: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Kesscoals Inc · Facility
Controlled by K C Holding Company
Whitesville, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603775

MSHA record for Rr Loadout Facilities (mine ID 4603775). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Ownership history
  1. Kessler Coals Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Kesscoals Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rr Loadout Facilities 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

7 on file

1991 · 1 incident

April 18, 1991 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Kesscoals Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING LOADED COAL TRUCK TRIED TO SHIFT GEARS TRANSMISSION WOULDNT CHANGE BRAKE WOULDNT HOLD TRUCK TURNED OVER

1989 · 1 incident

April 10, 1989 WV · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kesscoals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A CASE OF DRINKING WATER. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE STATED THAT HE FELT SOMETHING MOVE IN HIS BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

October 28, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kesscoals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS SQUATTING TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BELT HEAD AND INJURED CARTILAGE LIGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE.

1984 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kesscoals Inc · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING COAL WITH END LOADER AND STRUCK AN UNSEEN PIPE BELOW COAL PILE CAUSING END LOADER TO STOP SUDDENLY AND THROUGH OPERATOR INTO STEERING WHEEL.

March 23, 1984 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Kesscoals Inc · Fall from machine

HAD A RUNAWAY RAILROAD CAR & 2 JUMPED ON CAR TO TIGHTEN BREAK, WHEN BREAK WAS TIGHT UP I JUMPED OFF & HURT MY RIGHT FOOT.

1983 · 2 incidents

March 31, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kesscoals Inc · Fall from machine

OP WAS GETTING OUT OF END LOADER & SLIPPED & TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING & BENT HIS HAND BACKWARDS POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO L HAND.

March 21, 1983 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kesscoals Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS DROPPING OUT LOADED RR CAR AND CARS RAN AWAY, VICTIM JUMPED OFF CAR AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED TOE ON R. FOOT.