Fork Ridge Strip #1 Coal
Elk River Sewell Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Westmoreland Coal Company
Bergoo,
Webster County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606170
MSHA record for Fork Ridge Strip #1 (mine ID 4606170). 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
- Ward Construction Company Inc 1980 to 1980
- M L M Corp 1980 to 1981
- Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1981 to 1984
- Robert H Helmick Inc 1981 to 1982
- Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Fork Ridge Strip #1 sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
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.