Date:
15 Jan 1946
[unknown]
Location: Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters West Virginia Disasters
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Location: Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia

Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters West Virginia Disasters
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Disasters | Mining Disasters | United States Mining Disasters |
Southeast United States Mining Disasters | Category: West Virginia, Mining Disasters | Havaco No. 9 Mine Disaster
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History and Circumstances
- Date: 15 Jan 1946
- Location: Welch, West Virginia
- Victims: 15 deaths, 5 women injured (while in the Company store), 5 Miners Injured
- Cause: Coal mine explosion [1]
Rescue Efforts
Victims
Victims
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Results and Findings
- As reported by Charleston Gazette, of Charleston, , West Virginia on January 16, 1946, "Thirteen persons were killed and another died subsequently in a hospital but 253 miners escaped today in the most unusual catastrophe ever recorded in a century of coal mining in West Virginia.
- Twenty-two other men working deep inside the Havaco No. 9 mine of the New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company along the Tug River were injured in an explosion which wrecked buildings in the immediate area.
- Whether any other dead will be found in the mine remains to be seen but E. L. Chatfield, inspector-at-large of the state mines department, indicated they did not expect to find any more. [3]
- The United State Mines Board made recommendations based on the findings:
- Explosives and Blasting: Dynamite/Explosives should not be used for blasting coal mines; each charge should be confined in a properly drilled borehole; boreholes should be suffiient in number, depth; Boreholes should be stemmed; Blasted region should be rock dusted; Instructions of Safe Blasting Procedure to those authorized to charge and fire shots.
- Control of Coal Dust: Suppress Coal Dust at all sources; Adequate provision /water sprays; All ledges/flat surfaces kept free of coal dust
- Miscellaneous: Every effort should be made to correct a condition reported to the Fire-boss, immediately; Post a "danger board" at the entrance [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cause of Explosion, page 22
- ↑ List of men killed, Havaco 1946
- ↑ Charleston Gazette, Janury 16, 1946: link.
- See Also:
- video - Collection of Newspaper Articles, in video format.
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