Mining Incidents

Franks Branch Strip #1 Coal

Inter-Mountain Resources Corp · Surface
Controlled by Longworth G Randall
Clay, Clay County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607954

MSHA record for Franks Branch Strip #1 (mine ID 4607954). 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. Inter-Mountain Resources Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Franks Branch Strip #1 sits in Clay County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.
Clay County, West Virginia · Population 7,946
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$42,790
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.