Mining Incidents

Stone Run No 6a Mine: 37 reportable incidents Coal

Craft Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Romie J Bailey
Monterville, Randolph County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605720

MSHA record for Stone Run No 6a Mine (mine ID 4605720). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Simmons Coal & Energy Corp 1978 to 1981
  2. Craft Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stone Run No 6a Mine sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

37 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

January 29, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 2/0 HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND SUSTAINED LOWER BACK PAIN.

January 15, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICY SPOT MINE SURFACE OPENING AND HURT HIS BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

September 9, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING OVER A CABLE, IT WAS TWISTED UP. WHENEVER IT TURNED OVER THE PLUG CAME OVER ANDHIT THUMB.

1987 · 1 incident

July 16, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS RIDING M5NTRIP WHEN THE JITNEY PASSED, CATCHING HIS LEG.

1986 · 1 incident

June 26, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

LAYING ACROSS B9IDGE WORKING ON MINER STARTED MINER AND BRIDGE CHAIN CAME ON.HIS HAT WAS IN BRIDGE CHAIN AND CAUGHT HIM AND PULLED HIM INTO CHUTE.

1985 · 1 incident

June 7, 1985 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Craft Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJ OPERATING BRIDGES BEHIND MINER WHEN PIECE OF 2\\ DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN TIMBERS AND STRUCK EMPL IN BACK FX 4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRAE.

1984 · 13 incidents

September 25, 1984 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Craft Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP WHEN IT BEGAN TO BOUNCED UP & DOWN & HE HURT HIS BACK ON THE DECK ON WHICH HE WAS LAYING.

July 12, 1984 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PITCHING CINDER BLOCKS ACROSS THE PANLINE AND GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN CINDER BLOCK AND PAN LINE.

June 5, 1984 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WENT TO LIFT ON CABLE OF BELT AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

May 31, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRAGGING PANS AND INJURED HIS BACK.

March 20, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A MOTOR FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR AND TRUCK BED.

March 19, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CINDER BLOCK FELL FROM A STACK AND HIT HIS FOOT

February 3, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACK PIPE KICKED OUT AND SMASHED FINGER ON BRIDGE ON 2 3 84 AND AGAIN ON 2 22 84

1983 · 17 incidents

December 19, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LINING UP A JACK TO PUT A PIN IN & CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE JACK.

December 13, 1983 WV · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Craft Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING A JACK, BROKE THE HEAD COAL LOOSE AND IT CAME DOWN. SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND THE COAL.

December 13, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Craft Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE ENTRY WHEN SOME HEAD COAL FELL AND GOT INTO HIS EYE.

December 9, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Craft Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED ON UNDERCAST AND SLIPPED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKINGON SECTION OF MINE WHEN HE STEPPED IN HOLE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE

September 20, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE MOTOR ON MINER & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

September 19, 1983 WV · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TAKING ROCKDUST OFF BELT WHEN TURNING AROUND TO PUT ON ANOTHER FELT PAIN IN BACK

August 18, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF WORK WITH SORE KNEES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SORE KNEES HE HAD NO DIRECT EXPLANATION OF CAUSE KNEE TROUBLE

August 17, 1983 WV · Coal headgate operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF WORK WITH SORE KNES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT CAUSE OF SORE KNEES HE HAD NO DIRECT EXPLANATION OF CAUSE KNEE TROUBLE

August 12, 1983 WV · Coal timberman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING SUPPLIES FROM #1 BELT TO #2 BELT HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK

May 26, 1983 WV · Coal timberman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craft Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS & GOT THUMB CAUGHT IN IT, TWISTING WRIST RIGHT ARM.