Mining Incidents

Logan Surface Mine No 978: 18 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by John C Geupel
Ethel, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605171

MSHA record for Logan Surface Mine No 978 (mine ID 4605171). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Concord Coal Corp 1976 to 1981
  2. Logan County Airport Contractors 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Logan Surface Mine No 978 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

October 18, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Logan County Airport Contractors · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN ROCK TRUCK

September 8, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK, HIT HOLE AND JOLTED BACK.

April 6, 1989 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK INTO HIGHWALL AT VERY LOW SPEED IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT I NAME COULD HAVE SUFFERED INJURY FROM SLIGHT IMPACT INVOLVED

1988 · 1 incident

July 22, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING THE GRADER, THE BLADE HIT A ROCK AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD AT WHICH TIME, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR.

1987 · 1 incident

October 30, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

HIT ROCK AND HU9T BACK.WHILE RUNNING DOZER,HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND IT THREW HIM INTO ARMREST.

1984 · 6 incidents

August 17, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING THE 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK, TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FILL AREA. THE JERKING MOTION OF THE ROCK TRUCK, CASED THEEMPLOYEE\S NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLE TO BECOME ST RAINED.

August 6, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMANT WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF THE COAL WITH THE 988B WHEEL ENDLOADER WHEN HE HIT SOLID ROCK WHICH DID NOT GIVE THEREFORE THE LOADER STOPPED AND JERKED THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL

August 4, 1984 WV · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT AND MECHANIC WERE HOISTING A 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK TIRE ONTO THE TIRE TRUCK CLAIMANT WAS WATCHING THE TIRE AND WALKING BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A CUT IN HALF WH EEL RIM CONSEQUENTLY CLAIMANT FELL INTO A SITTING POSITION INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP

July 5, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TRYING TO LOAD A ROCK & THE LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE & JERKING THE OPERATOR IN THE CAB.

May 21, 1984 WV · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING A LOADED RAILROAD CAR, AND WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE RAILROAD CAR, HE STEPPED WRONG, THUS PULLING A MUSCLE IN THE GROIN AREA

1983 · 6 incidents

July 12, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MACHANIC WAS INSTALLING THE RT FRONT WHEEL ON THE 773 CAT TRUCK WHEN THE BOOM FROM THE TIRE TRUCK KICKED OVER AND PINNED THE RT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE NUT OF THE WHEEL

May 13, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS WELDING ON THE BLADE OF THE 455 KOMATUS WHEN SHAVING FROM THE WELD FLEW IN BEHIND HIS WELDERS HELMET INTO HIS RT EYE

February 21, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STARTING THE ENGINE ON THE 733 CAT TRUCK S/N:63G677WHEN DIRT & OTHER FOREIGN DEBRIS BLEW FROM THE FAN, LODGING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE LEFT EYE.

February 17, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Logan County Airport Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING THE 733 CAT TRUCK, WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THROW OUT A PIECE OF PAPER, THE DOOR CLOSED & SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

February 14, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Logan County Airport Contractors · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ADVISED HE WAS FUELING THE 455 KOMATSU DOZER ON MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1983 AT APPROX. 3:00PM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND SLID OFF THE DOZER HURTING HIS LEFT ELBWO AND KNOCKED ONE TOOT H LOOSE.