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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Berachah Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Conner Glen Jr
Ethel, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603454

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4603454). 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
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Zapata Coal Corp 1950 to 1977
  2. Donna Coal Corp 1977 to 1984
  3. Uniajax Mining Inc 1980 to 1981
  4. Berachah Mining Inc 1984 to 1988
  5. Berachah Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 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

November 4, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Berachah Mining Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS THE BOSS OF 9 MEN WE WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE & I WAS HELPING SOME OF THE MEN HANG BELT LINE & IT WAS ON A INCLINE & I FELL OR STEPPED IN A HOLE & TURNED MY LEFT KNEE, LEFT ANKLE. I SET T HERE FOR ABOUT 20" TILL THE PAIN STOPPED & THEN WENT BACK TO WORK UNTIL I WENT TO SEE DR.SIBLEY