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Shawnee Surface Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Eckman, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606047

MSHA record for Shawnee Surface Mine (mine ID 4606047). 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
1984–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Consolidation Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Shawnee Surface Mine sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1989 · 1 incident

April 11, 1989 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL THE FRON DRIVE SHAFT ON THE ENDLOADER. WHILE HE WAS PRYING UP ON THE SHAFT TO LINE IT UP, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE SHAFT STRUCK HIM OVER HIS RIGHT EYE ON THE FO REHEAD, LACERATING HIS FOREHEAD.

1985 · 1 incident

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATIONAL.

1984 · 3 incidents

December 3, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

October 16, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AWARD FROM COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER OF 20% OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

August 28, 1984 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FINDINGS OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD-GRANTED 15% AWARD.