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Alco #1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Alco Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hawkins George Allen
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607388

MSHA record for Alco #1 Mine (mine ID 4607388). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Alco Mining Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alco #1 Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1989 · 1 incident

April 20, 1989 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alco Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE ARC INVOLVED WAS MINED APPROX. 03-23-89. AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A SLIP AND THERE WAS NO INDICIATION OF A PROBLEM IN THE TEST HOLE. A PPARENTLY THERE WAS A ALT IN THE ONE AREA, THAT FELL.

1988 · 1 incident

October 7, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alco Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ONLY THING WE COULD SEE THAT WASNT NORMAL WAS SOME FIRE CLAY TOP INBY AT FACE THING T HAT FELL APPEARED TO BER A HORSE BACK ALTHOUGH THERE WASNT ANYTHING VISIABLE TO INDICATE A PROBLEM