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Laurel Creek Mine #1: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Mc Court Loye
Webster Springs, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607646

MSHA record for Laurel Creek Mine #1 (mine ID 4607646). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Shaker Run Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1989
  2. Northern Lights Coal Corp 1989 to 1990
  3. Crawford Coal Inc 1990 to 1990
  4. Spring Ridge Coal Company 1990 to 1992
  5. Big Valley Coal Corp 1992 to 1992
  6. Consolidated Management Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Laurel Creek Mine #1 sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1994 · 1 incident

August 16, 1994 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidated Management Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ACCUMULATED MATERIAL FROM THE WATER TREATMENT TANK. WHIE REMOVIGN MATERIAL AT SOME POINT IN TIME UNKNOWN TO EMPLOYEE MATERIAL WENT INTO BOOTS AND UNDER GLOVES. THAT HAD CONTACTED MATERIAL CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. EMLOYEE THEN DECIDED TO GO TO HOSPITAL FOR FIRST AID TREATMENT.

1992 · 1 incident

1989 · 3 incidents

September 3, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Northern Lights Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING FEEDER WHEN ROCK CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND. SMASHING THE FIRST GOINT.

May 25, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Northern Lights Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER DREILL STEEL BOWED SHOVING THUMB OF HAND INTO ATRS T UBING & CUTTING OF END OF THUMBINGLES HEAD