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#1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Trust Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Christian Donald
Welch, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605979

#1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Tri-J Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1981
  2. Tri-J Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
  3. Silver Dollar Mining Inc 1982 to 1982
  4. N & G Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  5. N & G Coal Company 1983 to 1983
  6. Hagerman Trucking Company 1983 to 1984
  7. Trust Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1983 11 2,768
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#1 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1983 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1983 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
N & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING WELD OFF S&S SCOOP GRINDER BOUNCED HIT HAND.

May 31, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
N & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING ROOF BOLTER-HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER CAME OVER ON KNEE.