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No 3 Surface: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Elm Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Mooney James S Sr
Mammoth, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606519

MSHA record for No 3 Surface (mine ID 4606519). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Elm Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Surface sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1983 · 6 incidents

December 13, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING UNDER COAL TRUCK, TRUCK MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN TRANSMISSION & GROUND.

December 6, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elm Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE MISSED THE SECOND STEP WHILE DISMOUNTING THE TRUCK & FELL AGAINST THE TRACK OF THE DOZER PARKED NEARBY.

October 21, 1983 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elm Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP BLOCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER PART OF BACK.

August 30, 1983 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS STRUCK IN FACE BY TRUCK DOOR WHILE DUMPING LARGE ROCK TRUCK REARED FRONT END OFF GROUND CAUSING OPERATOR TO STRIKE DOOR WHEN TRUCK CAME DOWN

August 18, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Elm Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF TRUCK BUMPER ON TO ROLLING ROCK AND TURNED FOOT