Mining Incidents

West City Feed And Fuel Co: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Greenwood Ron
R. R. Pinckneyville, Perry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102785

MSHA record for West City Feed And Fuel Co (mine ID 1102785). 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
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. West City Feed & Fuel Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

West City Feed And Fuel Co sits in Perry County, Illinois, 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.
Perry County, Illinois · Population 20,810
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,286
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

January 14, 1984 IL · Coal FIRE
West City Feed & Fuel Company · Accident type, without injuries

NO INJURY GENERATOR SHORTED OUT CAUGHT FIRE BURNED GENERATOR CUMMINGS DIESEL MOTOR THAT DROVE IT AND TRAILER THAT HOUSED IT ALSO IN TRAILER WAS ELECTRICAL CONTROL PANELS AND TRANSFORMER AND 3 00 GAL FUEL TANK THAT DIDNT BURN