Mining Incidents

Mine #34: 1 reportable incident Coal

Joshua Industries Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jeff Chillag
Sitrrat, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606458

MSHA record for Mine #34 (mine ID 4606458). 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
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Low-Hol Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1984
  2. Low-Hol Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  3. Mack Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  4. Joshua Industries Inc 1985 to 1985
  5. Joshua Industries Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #34 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 23, 1984 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Low-Hol Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHARING BATTERIES ON SCOOP AND CUT HIS THUMB.CAUGHT UNDER BATTERY TRAY PINCHED END OF LEFT THUMB.