Mining Incidents

Servco Inc: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Carl F Frischkorn
Ashford, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606696

MSHA record for Servco Inc (mine ID 4606696). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Battle Ridge Companies 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Servco Inc 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

5 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1986 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Ridge Companies · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING STEEL OVER FOR AUGER, WET FROM RAIN, SLIPPED AND FELL HIT SHOULDER ON AUGER.

January 8, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Battle Ridge Companies · Struck against stationary object

OUTTING WATER H2SE ON DOZER REACHED AND SCRATCHED WRIST

1985 · 1 incident

July 11, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Ridge Companies · Fall from machine

EMP WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING BACK

1984 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1984 WV · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
Battle Ridge Companies · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL WATCHING WELDING OF BAN ON AUGER.HE LOOKED AT WELDING AND AN ARCH BURNED HIS EYES.

March 5, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Battle Ridge Companies · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING 355 KOMATSU DOZER AND BACKED OVER ROCK WHILE WORKING SLOPE, AND JERKED BACK.