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No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Trojan Fuels Corp · Underground
Controlled by Gibson Roger
Hemphill, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606643

No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Go Fetch It Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  2. Bolden & Tramel Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  3. Keith Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  4. Heaven Bound Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  5. Stewart-Stone Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  6. Thorpe Mining Inc 1985 to 1985
  7. Big Rock Mining Company Inc 1985 to 1986
  8. Dan Ii Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  9. Dan Ii Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  10. Trojan Fuels Corp 1986 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)
1986 0
1985 6
1984 15 134,082
1983 30 31,392
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

November 14, 1985 WV · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Rock Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DIGGING ARM CAM9 OFF LOADING MACHINE EMPLOYEE PICKED IT UP AND CARRIED IT BACK TO LOADER