MAST OF AN RDC-16 BECAME ENTANGLED IN A TREE THE TREE BROKE LOOSE FELL AND STRUCK THE POWDER TRUCK I.NAME IN AN EFFORT TO EVADE THE TREE DOVE OUT OF THE WAY BUT WAS STRUCK BY THE TAILGATE WH ICH WAS BROKEN 5OOSE BY THE FALLING TREE
Southfork Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Southfork Surface (mine ID 4606884). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1985–1986
- Latest incident
- Aug 1986
Ownership history
- Lindy Coal Inc 1985 to 1987
- Lindy Coal Company 1987 to 1993
- Donnaway Coal Inc 1993 to 1994
- Brumfield Construction Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Southfork Surface sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.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
5 on file1986 · 3 incidents
Lindy Coal Inc · Struck by falling object
May 22, 1986
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Lindy Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
OP OF EQUIPMWNT3WAS GOING DOWN A 15% GRADE EMPTY. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME THE OP LOST CONTROL OF HIS EQUIPMENT & RAN INTO A HIGHWALL AT T HE BOTTOM OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GRADE.
May 22, 1986
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lindy Coal Inc · Fall from machine
INDIVIDUAL WAS 8ISMOUNTING THE BOTTOM FOOT LADDER OF A 777 ROCK TRUCK JUMPED THE LAST SHORT DISTANCE & WRENCHED HIS LOWER BACK.
1985 · 2 incidents
Lindy Coal Inc · Struck by flying object
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY ANOTHER GUARD
April 15, 1985
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lindy Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING DRAIN PIPE.