Mining Incidents

Black Gem #1 Mine Coal

Black Gem Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Mc Rae C C
Randolph County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605042

MSHA record for Black Gem #1 Mine (mine ID 4605042). 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
Ownership history
  1. Black Gem Coal Company 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Black Gem #1 Mine sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
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.