Mining Incidents

Rex Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Dry Gulch Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Chafin Clyde
Ethel, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605427

MSHA record for Rex Mine (mine ID 4605427). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Lee Ann Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1984
  2. Dry Gulch Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rex 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

1985 · 1 incident

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Dry Gulch Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING THE MINER AND I NAME WAS HIS HELPER.I NAME WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE CUT.THE BOOM OF THE MINER WAS TURN TO THE RIGHTAND LOW TO THE GROUND.I NAME HAD BENT OVER WITH WITH HIS BACK TO THE MINER TO MOVE THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY I NAME BACKED INTO II NAME STRIKING HIM WITH THE BOOM.

1983 · 3 incidents

October 24, 1983 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WATCHING SCOOP HAULING BELT TAIL PIECE

March 31, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANKLE HURT WHEN TRAM CHAIN ON ROOF BOLTER BROKE.

March 16, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED HE WAS IFTING WHEEL UNIT FOR SCOOP AND PUTTING UNIT ON BED OF PICKUP AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK HE FURTHER STATED HIS BACK DID NOT HURT UNTIL 5 30 OR 6 PM THAT EVENING BUT HE WEBT IB ABD WIRJED FOUR HOURS OVERTIME WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT