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Hanlin Mine-Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Lanager Thomas R
Elk Garden, Mineral County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606621

MSHA record for Hanlin Mine-Surface (mine ID 4606621). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Chestnut Ridge Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hanlin Mine-Surface sits in Mineral County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mineral County, West Virginia · Population 26,922
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$68,049
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

1983 · 1 incident

August 29, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chestnut Ridge Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSENING A BOLT ON A D-9 DOZER WITH A 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET WRENCH WITH A 1 5/6" SOCKET THE INJURED PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.