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White Knight-West Portal: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Underground
Whitesville, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608248

MSHA record for White Knight-West Portal (mine ID 4608248). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Elk Run Coal Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

White Knight-West Portal 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

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

March 9, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PULLING THE DRILL ST EEL OUT OF THE TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SURROUNDING T HE DRILL STEEL SLID DOWN THE STEEL INJURED SUFFERED A LACERATION TO A FINGER ON HIS RT HAND WHICH REQUIRE D SUTURES

March 1, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. AT THIS TIME HE IS BEING TREATED FOR BURSITIS OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 3/15/94.