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Surface No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Saul Kimberly D
Switzer, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607310

MSHA record for Surface No 1 (mine ID 4607310). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Little Fork Resources & Development Corp 1987 to 1989
  2. Skyline Resources Inc 1989 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 16, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY, IT HAD JUST RAINED EARLIER. THE COAL TRUCK ABOVE WAS APPROX. THE 3RD COAL TRUCK TO LEAVE THE HILL SINCE THE RAIN. THE DRIVER HAD STATED ON THE C.B. THAT IT WAS SLICK COMIN G OFF THE HILL THAT WAS THE LAST CONTACT WITH DRIVER BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THAT CAUSED DEATH.

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 5 incidents

May 5, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING STEEL CABLE OUT OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK AND A PIECE OF STEEL PUNCTURED HIS LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

February 27, 1989 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE CROSSING FROM ONE ARM OF THE LOADER TO THE OTHER,HE LOST HIS BALNCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SIDE, INJURING MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT LEG.

February 3, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Fall from machine

HE JUMPED FROM FUEL TRUCK. INJURED RIGHT ANKLE. NO SIGNS OF SHOCK, NORMAL DISTIAL PULSE, ANKLE SEEMED TO BE BROKEN.

1988 · 4 incidents

June 1, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WHILE CLIMBING THE ACCESS LADDER OF A CATR 777 ROCK TRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID SLIP AND FALL TO THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT.THERE WAS NOT APPARENT REASON FOR THE FALL.

1987 · 1 incident

October 28, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Little Fork Resources & Development Corp · Struck against a moving object

WAS DRIVING A R2CK TRUCK AND HAD AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING ANOTHER ROCK TRUCK. TRUCK HIT THE BED OF FRONT TRUCK. WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN FEMURS, A HEAD INJURY CUT AND SEVERAL SC9ATCHES AND BRUISES.