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Mine No. 1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Holifield Chris H Jr
Mercer County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605571

Mine No. 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
May 1996
Ownership history
  1. Lane Construction Corp 1950 to 1994
  2. Bluestone Quarries Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 10
1996 16
1995 17
1994 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No. 1 sits in Mercer County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

May 30, 1996 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluestone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HELPING TO REMOVE A FALLEN TREE, SUBJECT WAS CARRYING A FREE LIMBER CHAIN ACROSS FALLEN TREE. CHAIN CAUGHT ON A ROCK. WHEN ROCK PULLED LOOSE IT FREED A LARGER ROCK WHICH ROLLED AND CAUGH T SUBJECTS HAND AGAINST CHAIN AND TREE. HT SUBJECTS HAND AGAINST CHAIN AND TREE.