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Carlisle Loadout: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Lodestar Energy Inc · Facility
Controlled by Iracoal Incorporated
Scarbro, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606735

Carlisle Loadout has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. G & W Equipment Leasing Inc 1984 to 1989
  2. Pax Mining Company 1989 to 1990
  3. Costain Mining Inc 1990 to 1997
  4. Lodestar Energy Inc 1997 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)
1998 2
1997 3
1996 3
1995 3
1994 2
1993 2
1992 3
1991 3
1990 2
1989 2
1988 2
1987 2
1986 3
1985 5
1984 3 65,851
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Carlisle Loadout sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 30, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM HAD DUMPED A LOAD OF COAL IN THE BIN. HE PULLED AWAY FROM BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CLEAN OFF LOOSE COAL FROM PUSH BLOCK. THE END LOADER USED TO CLEAN UP T HE BIN, BACKED AWAY FROM BIN, STRUCK HIM, PINNED HIM AGAINST BACK OF TRUCK.