Powell Fork Surface Mine Coal
Elk River Sewell Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Westmoreland Coal Company
MSHA Mine ID: 4606509
Powell Fork Surface Mine has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- We Coal Inc 1982 to 1982
- Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1982 to 1984
- M & H Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1987
- Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 4 | 11,721 |
| 1985 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 6 | 7,921 |
| 1983 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Powell Fork Surface Mine sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.