Mining Incidents

Hardesty Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

New Allegheny Inc · Surface
Controlled by John R Kortas
Terra Alta, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607543

MSHA record for Hardesty Mine (mine ID 4607543). 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
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Allegheny Mining Corp 1988 to 1990
  2. New Allegheny Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hardesty Mine sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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

1988 · 1 incident

September 29, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Allegheny Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HELPING CONSTRUCTION WORK WHILE LIFTING TIMBER FOR THIS WORK,PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.