Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FELL IN INTERSECTION IN #4 ENTRY.20\WIDE X 20\LONG X 36\\THICK.MINE WAS IDLE FROM OCT 31 TO NOV 8 AT WHICH TIME ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AND REPORTED.
Little Sewell Mt Coal Co No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Little Sewell Mt Coal Co No 1 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Nov 1983
Ownership history
- Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company 1980 to present
- Seice Corp 1984 to 1985
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 3 | 1,501 |
| 1986 | 2 | 724 |
| 1985 | 2 | 748 |
| 1984 | 8 | 1,342 |
| 1983 | 5 | 2,282 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Little Sewell Mt Coal Co No 1 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1983 · 3 incidents
Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL DISCOVERED DURING THE PRESHIFT EXAMINATION APPROX 0715AM ON 083183 THE MINE WAS IDLE FROM 082983 TO 083183
June 13, 1983
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
TOOK WRONG LIFTING POSITION TO LIFT HEADER