Mining Incidents

Chieftain #1 Coal

Chieftain Coal Sales Inc · Surface
Controlled by Curtis Rodney L
Brownton, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604134

MSHA record for Chieftain #1 (mine ID 4604134). 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. Lobar Tippling Corp 1974 to 1977
  2. Lobar Coal Company 1977 to 1980
  3. Chieftain Coal Sales Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Chieftain #1 sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
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.