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No 3 Elk Lick: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Lorado, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606496

MSHA record for No 3 Elk Lick (mine ID 4606496). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Elk Lick 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

7 on file

1985 · 1 incident

1983 · 6 incidents

May 26, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING SLATE OFF TAIL PIECE AND HURT HIS HAND. THIS MAN HURT ON HAND ON 5/26/83 BUTG DID NOT FIND OUT IT WAS BROKEN UNTIL 6/24/833 AND THIS WAS NOT UNTIL HE HURT HIS HAND AGAIN.

April 19, 1983 WV · Coal master electrician POWERED HAULAGE
Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING 3 WHEELER OR MAN TRIP WITH A PIECE OF METAL UNDER OPERATOR THAT STUCK OUT AND THE PIEC GOT AGAINST RIB WHEN OPERATOR SAT DOWN CAUGHT HIS FOOT

April 14, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator ELECTRICAL
Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CABLE SPLICE BLEW UP HE GOT SCARED & RAN FALLING DOWN.