Southside Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
METAL STIFF JACK FELL ON METAL-BROKE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
No 5: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 4606526). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
Ownership history
- Southside Mining Inc 1982 to 1983
- Southside Mining Inc 1983 to 1985
- Beech Branch Mining Inc 1985 to 1988
- Thermo Inc 1988 to 1988
- Heather Louise Coals Inc 1988 to 1988
- Orange Leaf Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
- Orange Leaf Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1989
- Benefuels Of Logan 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 5 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.