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Brushy Meadow Creek: 2 reportable incidents Coal

L & K Miller Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Miller Louis T & Kevin
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607496

Brushy Meadow Creek has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. L & K Miller Mining Inc 1988 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)
1991 0
1990 14 10,759
1989 16 38,512
1988 14 18,259
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Brushy Meadow Creek sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1990 · 1 incident

May 24, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
L & K Miller Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROOF IN NO. 1 ENTRY AT MOUTH OF NO. 1 ROOM. LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING COAL IN NO. 1 ROOM FACE. LOADER BOOM CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BOOM AND RIB. EMPLOYEE WAS INJUR ED IN HIP AND PELVIS AREA.

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1989 · 1 incident