Mining Incidents

Coalburg No 3 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Swamp Fox Development Inc · Underground
Controlled by Pauley William S
Sharples, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607142

MSHA record for Coalburg No 3 Mine (mine ID 4607142). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Swamp Fox Development Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coalburg No 3 Mine 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 31, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Swamp Fox Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS WAL5ING BACKWARD APPLYING ROCKDUST TO ROOF AND RIBS WHEN HISHEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROOF. APPROX. 1 HOUR LATER INJURED COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN MIDDLE PART OF BACK.