Mining Incidents

No 16: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Cindy B Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Brown Gary M Jr
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606950

MSHA record for No 16 (mine ID 4606950). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Chafin Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1988
  2. Triple C Construction 1985 to 1987
  3. Laker Industries Inc 1987 to 1988
  4. Cindy B Coal Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 16 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

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

May 25, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cindy B Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM SECTION TAILPIECE WITH BELT RUNNING HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK AND METAL SKIRTING ON TAILPEICE.

1988 · 2 incidents

January 5, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Laker Industries Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE TOP WAS BOL7ED WITH 6 FT RESIN BOLTS BUT THE MINE FOREMAN WHILE MAKING HIS FIREBOSS RUN ON 1-4-88 SAW THAT THIS AREA WAS STELL TO BAD TO WORK HE THIN CRIBBED AND DAMPERED THIS AREA