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Webster Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Markel Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Martin Angus
Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3303922

MSHA record for Webster Mine (mine ID 3303922). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Abundant Life Coal Corp 1983 to 1985
  2. Markel Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Webster Mine sits in Meigs County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Meigs County, Ohio · Population 22,072
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$46,701
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

April 20, 1984 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Abundant Life Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE FIRST INTERSECTION STA-1+08.25 AND FELL ABOVE THE 5FT BOLTS- 1 TO 2 FT. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS DUE TO THE C LOSE PROXIMITY OF THE HIGH WALL WHICH WAS HEAVILY SHOT DURING STRIPPING ALLOWING WATER TO COME THROUGH THE TOP TO CAUSE THE UNSTABLE CONDITION.