Mining Incidents

Surface No 1 Coal

Blue Knob Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Maynard Raymond L
West Logan, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605294

MSHA record for Surface No 1 (mine ID 4605294). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Cherokee Mining Company Inc 1976 to 1977
  2. Apache Mining Company Inc 1977 to 1980
  3. Clean Minerals Inc 1980 to 1985
  4. Blue Knob Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface No 1 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.