Mining Incidents

Cabin Creek Utility Area Coal

Dorothy, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609487

Cabin Creek Utility Area has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
19
inspections on record
46
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 46 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Coal River Mining, LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cabin Creek Utility Area sits in Kanawha 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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.