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Roy Thomas Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

General Safety Service Inc · Underground
Controlled by Morgan Rush Glenn
Chapmanville, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607205

Roy Thomas Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Kesselring Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1994
  2. General Safety Service Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 0
1992 1
1991 2
1990 2
1989 2
1988 1
1987 17 23,133
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Roy Thomas 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

1987 · 4 incidents

September 17, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kesselring Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PI3NING TOP WRENCH BROKE & PINNED LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOOM OF PIN MACHINE & ROOF

August 31, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator ELECTRICAL
Kesselring Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

CHANGING BATTER2 ON SCOOP CHARGER, JUMPER HE WAS USING GROUNDED AND BURNING RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER.