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Summerfield Surface Operation: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lynn Land Company · Surface
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607438

Summerfield Surface Operation has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Lynn Land Company 1988 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)
1990 0
1989 26 97,602
1988 37 245,836
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Summerfield Surface Operation sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 14, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lynn Land Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIVING A LOADED CATERPILLAR 773 ROCK TRUCK INTO THE VALLEY FILL AREA. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO OVER THE TOP EDGE OF THE FILL. I.NAME APPARENTLY JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AT OR NEAR TH E TOP EDGE OF FILL. I.NAME RECEIVED INJURIES INCLUDING A BROKEN LEG, BROKEN TOE, NUMEROUS BRUISES, ETC.

1988 · 1 incident

August 19, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lynn Land Company · Struck against a moving object

AFTER A HEAVY DOWNPOUR, TRUCK BACKED UP TO DUMP LOAD. TRUCK SLID OVER RAMP AND OVERTURNED.