Belva Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH A WOODED AREA WHEN A SMALL TREE LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING EMBEDMENT OF FOREIGN OBJECTS IN EYE ANDSCRASCRATCHES AND LACERATION.
5-F: 1 reportable incident Coal
5-F has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
Ownership history
- Belva Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1977
- Belva Coal Company Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1991 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1988 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
5-F sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.