Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Ohio County, West Virginia

Ohio County, West Virginia has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 12 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 540 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 3,592 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Ohio County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Ohio County →

Mines on register
13
Active
1
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
3,592
5 underground · 5 surface · 3 facilities 13 coal · 0 metal and non-metal 12 abandoned 540 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Ohio County, West Virginia · Population 41,904
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,867
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Valley Camp Coal Company 3 0 0
Tunnel Ridge, LLC 1 1 1
B & B Coal 1 0 0
Rayle Coal Company 1 0 0
Sayco Development Company 1 0 0
Stasky Coal Company 1 0 0
Tridell Realty Company 1 0 0
Valley Mining, Inc. 1 0 0
West Virginia Energy Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Ohio County13 on register
  1. TUNNEL RIDGE MINE
    Underground coal · Tunnel Ridge, LLC · MSHA ID 4608864
    Active
  2. No 62-Strip
    Surface coal · West Virginia Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606054
    Abandoned
  3. Short Creek Strip (Pit #2)
    Surface coal · Rayle Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606053
    Abandoned
  4. V C #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601483
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. Tridell Realty Co
    Facility coal · Tridell Realty Company · MSHA ID 4607259
    Abandoned
  6. Duffy Mine
    Surface coal · Sayco Development Company · MSHA ID 4606847
    Abandoned
  7. Airport Strip
    Surface coal · Valley Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609037
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. B & B #1
    Underground coal · B & B Coal · MSHA ID 4607653
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. Central Repair Shop
    Facility coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603500
    Abandoned
  10. Hopkins West
    Facility coal · Rayle Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4609502
    Abandoned
  11. Stasky Augering
    Surface coal · Stasky Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607916
    Abandoned
  12. Tunnel Ridge Mine
    Underground coal · Tunnel Ridge, LLC · MSHA ID 4609142
    Abandoned
  13. V C #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601482
    Abandoned and Sealed

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.