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Lick Branch No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

El-Bow Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by D L (Jack) Bowling
Superior, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605509

MSHA record for Lick Branch No 1 Mine (mine ID 4605509). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Ck Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. El-Bow Mining Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lick Branch No 1 Mine sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 1, 1985 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El-Bow Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIMBERS ON THE SURFACE TO TAKE UNDERGROUND AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

1984 · 1 incident