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Sandlick Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Peytona, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608091

MSHA record for Sandlick Surface Mine (mine ID 4608091). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Cannelton Industries Inc 1991 to 2004
  2. LCC West Virginia, LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sandlick Surface Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

August 15, 1994 WV · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Cannelton Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS HAULING RIPRAP DOWN A 10 PERCENT -35 FT WIDE HAULGAEWAY WITH A VOLVO ATRTIOLATE TRUCK. EE DESCENDED GRADE IN TO HIGH A GEAR FOR THE ENGINE BRAKE/RETARDER TO CONTROL THE TRUCKS SPEED. EE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND JUMPED FROM TRUCK. EEWERE SUSTAINED FROM FALL TO THE GROUND.