Mining Incidents

White Oak Strip: 11 reportable incidents Coal

J W Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Garland George Jr
Artie, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604963

MSHA record for White Oak Strip (mine ID 4604963). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Hansford Coal Company 1975 to 1989
  2. Red River Valley Coal Company 1989 to 1991
  3. J W Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

White Oak Strip sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1991 · 1 incident

October 29, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
J W Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL DOING MAINT.WORK ON A MACHINE NEAR HIGHWALL.SOME DIRT MIXED WITH ROCK SLID OFF HIGHWALL,ROCK ROLLED OVER TO EMPL STRIKING FOOT AND BREAKING TOE.

1989 · 1 incident

March 6, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASHED RIGHT FOREFINGER BY A PIECE OF METAL RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

1988 · 5 incidents

October 26, 1988 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL. A FRAGMENT APPARENTLY ENTER HIS EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED.

October 17, 1988 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HELPING EMCHANIC LOAD PIECE OF METAL INTO TRUCK WHEN GRIP ON METAL SLIPPED & EMPL FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL & TRUCKS BUMPER.

August 4, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD WITH CHIPPING HAMMER WHEN A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE.

January 5, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hansford Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2.25% AWARD FOR3OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING PINS ON AUGER AND COMPLAINED OF DOUBLEPINY BACK PAIN.

July 18, 1986 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hansford Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE DID NO7 STOP BELT TO REPLACE BROKEN PIN ON FEEDER HE STEPPED ON BELT LINE AND WAS THROWN INTO WALKWAY.

1984 · 1 incident

September 12, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPERATING A DOZER WAS BRUSHING A CROP LINE WHEN A TREE LIMB CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH