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Wade No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Elkay Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602561

Wade No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Elkay Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 0
1984 10
1983 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wade No 1 Mine 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

November 2, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Elkay Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP RECIVED AWA9D FOR BLACK LUNG 9 17 87

1984 · 1 incident

March 22, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Elkay Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN WHICH TO PUT A BOLT. THE DRILL STEEL BEING USED BENT AFTER IT HAD GONE APPROX. 1 FOOT IN THE ROOF. AS THE BENT DRILL STEEL TURNED, IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE WRIST.