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#5: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hovatter Lloyd E
Masontown, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601786

MSHA record for #5 (mine ID 4601786). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. De Condor Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#5 sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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 · 1 incident

August 24, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
De Condor Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING S2UTTLE CAR WHICH WAS STUCK WITH SCOOP THE INJURED GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SHUTTLE CAR.

1986 · 1 incident

February 19, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
De Condor Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS HAULING 7OAL OVER ROUGH ROAD WITH SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SHUTTLE CAR HIT WHOLE AND HIS HEAD HIT THE CANOPY.