Mining Incidents

Chafin No 8 Coal

Chafin Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Chafin John C Sr
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606311

MSHA record for Chafin No 8 (mine ID 4606311). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Sultan Coal & Coke Inc 1980 to 1985
  2. Chafin Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Chafin No 8 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.