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Spring Fork Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Templeman Michael
Coal Fork, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605304

Spring Fork Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Pioneer Company 1976 to 1980
  2. Dooley Coal Company 1980 to 1985
  3. Tamica Energies Inc 1985 to 1986
  4. Templeman Construction Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1987 21 18,302
1986 10 47,779
1984 0
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Spring Fork Mine No 1 sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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

1987 · 2 incidents

March 31, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Templeman Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS DRIVER WAS L2WERING TRUCK BED AFTER DUMPING LOAD OF OVERBURDEN MATERIAL BED CAME IN CONTACT WITH TREE WHICH WAS FORCED INTO CAB OF TRUCK.