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Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Atwell Holding Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stinson Virgie
Iaeger, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605768

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4605768). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Ownership history
  1. Betty Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1994
  2. Jason Mining Company Inc 1991 to 1993
  3. Atwell Hollow Coal Inc 1994 to 1994
  4. Ritter Mining Inc 1994 to 1995
  5. Keith Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1997
  6. First Place Holdings Inc 1997 to 1997
  7. Atwell Holding Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1997 · 1 incident

September 5, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Atwell Holding Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS BENT OVER LIFTHING READEND CHUNK FROM A 270 TRACTOR WHEN HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS NECK & BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
Jason Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SOME MEN WERE CRAWLING IN AND SOME WERE RIDING THE LITTLE BUGGY THEY STOPPED AND EE CRAWLED ONTHE BACK AND WHEN THEY WENT THRU A LOW PLACE HE DID NOT GET DOWN AND HE GOT DRUG OFF THE BUGGY RES ULTIN WITH A SPRANGED NECK AND BRUISED SHOULDER.

October 16, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jason Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

OVER NIGHT THE PIECE OF ROCK HAD FELL ON TEH PIKNNER, AND THE FOLLING MORNING INJURED WAS REMOVING THE ROCK BY SLIDDING IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE PINER BY HAND AND HE TRIED TO HOLD THE ROCK BACK TO KEEP FROM BREAKING SOME HY. FITTINGS AND RESULTED BY A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

March 3, 1992 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jason Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NO.8 HEADING IN BOTH INTERSECTIONS FELL IN APPROX. 36 INCHES TO 40 INCHES HIGH, IT WAS NEXT TO A ROLL WHICH WE WERE DRIVING ALONG SIDE OF. NO EQUIPMENT WAS CAUGHT OR NO PERSONS WERE INJURED. T HE PLACES WERE TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.