Mining Incidents

3-A: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Pine Creek Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cline Clayton
Omar, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607628

MSHA record for 3-A (mine ID 4607628). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Pine Creek Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

3-A sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

September 9, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PERSON WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE AND HURT LOWER BACK.

September 8, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ROCK SLID ON OPERATOR HWHILE DISCHARGING.

April 10, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HIT EMPL WHILE PINNING.

April 4, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

HELP PIN TOP,PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT SHOULDER AND BACK.

January 13, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Creek Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ONE MAN DREW BACK A HAMMER THIS MAN WAS BEHIND HIM AND WAS HIT IN THE NOSE