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Enoch Branch No 1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607909

Enoch Branch No 1 Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. U S Construction Company Inc 1990 to 1992
  2. Peerless Eagle Coal Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1997 0
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 4 16,630
1990 5 3,786
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Enoch Branch No 1 Strip 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

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 2, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOCKING A GATE AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO BARS.