Mining Incidents

Kayford No 1 Surface Coal

Mynu Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ashland Inc
Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602269

MSHA record for Kayford No 1 Surface (mine ID 4602269). 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. Mynu Coals Inc 1950 to 1977
  2. Mynu Coals Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kayford No 1 Surface 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.