H W & C Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THERE WAS A FULL IN 3 ENTRY AT THE FACE AN INTERSECTION DURING OFF SHIFT
#1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal
H W & C Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Hite Shirley P
Philippi,
Barbour County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601845
MSHA record for #1 Mine (mine ID 4601845). 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
- Jan 1984
Ownership history
- H W & C Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#1 Mine sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.