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Coal Mountain 9-E: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Coal Mountain, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601539

Coal Mountain 9-E has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 0
1987 1
1986 2
1985 0
1984 0
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Coal Mountain 9-E sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
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

1987 · 1 incident

Show 1 earlier incidents

1983 · 1 incident