Mining Incidents

Perry Fork No 1: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Amherstdale, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606667

MSHA record for Perry Fork No 1 (mine ID 4606667). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Black Hawk Resources Inc 1983 to 1987
  2. Island Creek Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Perry Fork No 1 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

13 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

December 20, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Island Creek Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN HOLE & SPRAINED ANKLE

November 25, 1989 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HELPIGN PUT LIFTING ARM ON MINER AND BOX SLIPPED AND HE FRACTURED HIS FIGNER.

February 15, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A BUCK SAW & IT SLIPPED & SAW CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND 6 STITCHES

1988 · 7 incidents

December 23, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAD LOADED HIS COAL TRUCK WITH END LOADER AND AS HE STARTED TO GET BACK INTO HIS TRUCK A PIECE OF COAL BOUNCED OFF TOP OF COAL PILE AND STRUCK HIS HIP.

August 22, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS HELPING OFFSIDE ROOFBOLTER PUT UP PINS HAND HE REACHE D THE MAN A PIN AN D WA> WATCHING HIM PUT UP PIN HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON T HE BOOM AND THE OPER.. RAISED THE BOOM AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND FRAM E OF BOM RAISED JACK.

March 9, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ON LADDER HANGING LINE CURTAIN AND FELL OFF LADDER AND GRABBED HOLD OF A HEADER BOARD ON TOP AND TWISTED RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 17, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS BOLTING #3 RT BREAK AND HE DRILLED HIS HOLE AND LAYED THE DRILL STEEL UPON THE ROOF BOLTER AND HE DROPPED HIS DECK CATCHING THE END OF THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING IT TO FLIP UP AND STRI KE THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION OF LIP ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE

February 1, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Island Creek Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS 2.5%

1987 · 1 incident

December 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING BEL7 STRUCTURE ON TRUCK & AS HE THROW A PIECE ON THE TRUCK IT SLID BACKWARD & HE TRIED TO CATCH IT & MASHED FINGER

1986 · 1 incident