Mines in Putnam County, West Virginia
Putnam County, West Virginia has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 6 abandoned. 5 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. 13 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2000. Inspectors have issued 24 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Putnam 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.
- Mines on register
- 6
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 24
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| I V Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Belle Contracting Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanham Branch Coal Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quality Magnetite LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Voyager Coal Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Peter WrightAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Voyager Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605856
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Quality Magnetite LLCAbandoned 0 fatal 24 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Quality Magnetite LLC · MSHA ID 4608672
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No 1 MineAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Lanham Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605321
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No 1 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · I V Cunningham · MSHA ID 4605329
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Belle Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 4607373
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No 2 MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · I V Cunningham · MSHA ID 4605330
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.
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.