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Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Buttons Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Barnett Raymond
Dixie, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606925

Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Buttons Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1987 9 22,768
1986 14 51,047
1985 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 1 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1986 · 1 incident

January 16, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Buttons Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BE7WEEN RIB & BRIDGE LOADING ROCK INTO BRIDGE A ROCK CAUGHT ON BACK BRIDGE & PULLED THE BRIDGE TO THE BACK OF THE FREE TRAVEL CAUSING THE BRIDGE TO PULL AGAINST A PILE OF ROCK CAT CHING EMPLOYEES3LEGS