Mining Incidents

Custard Hollow Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Pen Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Hostetter James
Near London, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607425

MSHA record for Custard Hollow Surface Mine (mine ID 4607425). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Pen Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Custard Hollow Surface Mine sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1990 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Pen Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING BESIDE ANOTHER MAN EE LIFTED HIS SHIELD BEFORE THE OTHER MAN HAD FINISHED.

January 19, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATES THAT WHILE IN PROCESS OF HAVING TRUCK LOADED ROCK WAS DUMPED IN BED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE THUS CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.

1989 · 1 incident

December 9, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO GET IN TRUCK.