Big Foot Coal Inc 4-B Mine Coal
Big Foot Coal Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Gouge Wint James Jr & Lonnie Woods
MSHA Mine ID: 4605395
MSHA record for Big Foot Coal Inc 4-B Mine (mine ID 4605395). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Ownership history
- S S Joe Burford Inc 1976 to 1978
- Pocahontas Second Limited Partnership 1978 to 1980
- Cabell Coal Company 1980 to 1980
- B & H Coal Company 1980 to 1980
- Karen Coal Corp 1980 to 1982
- Wilco Mining Inc 1982 to 1982
- Big Foot Coal Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Big Foot Coal Inc 4-B Mine sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.