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Mine No 1 (1): 1 reportable incident Coal

Triple S Coal Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Shelton George
Coalwood, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607780

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (1) (mine ID 4607780). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Ownership history
  1. Dry Fork Coal Company 1989 to 1993
  2. F A B - Keeney Corp 1993 to 1994
  3. Misti Coal Company Inc 1994 to 1995
  4. Silver Bullet Mining Inc 1995 to 1996
  5. Triple S Coal Mining Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 (1) sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1996 · 1 incident

February 28, 1996 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Silver Bullet Mining Inc · Fall from machine

COAL TRUCK DRIVERS WERE DUMPING RED DOG ON MINE ROAD WHEN THEIR BED CAME INTO CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINES. NOBODY WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BUT THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVAT ION. ONE DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND INJURED LEG, X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.