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Perry Branch Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Toler Floyd D
Chapmanville, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605426

MSHA record for Perry Branch Mine (mine ID 4605426). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Venable & Billups Corp 1977 to 1981
  2. Corvette Coal Company 1981 to 1984
  3. High Quality Coal Packing Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Perry Branch Mine 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

4 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

January 5, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Quality Coal Packing Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR DUNLAP WAS GOING TO WATER THE BATTERIES AND WHEN HE OPENED THE LID HE FELL THROUGH THE BOARDS WHICH HAD DECAYED OVER THE YEARS NEW BOARDS WILL BE PUT ON

1983 · 1 incident