Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Solitaire Coal Corp Inc · Underground
Controlled by Belisle Wayne T
Webster Springs, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606144

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4606144). 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
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Little Valley Mining Inc 1980 to 1982
  2. Solitaire Coal Corp Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
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

1983 · 1 incident

December 29, 1983 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Solitaire Coal Corp Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT ABOUT 1130AM 122983 IN NO 3 ENTRY AT THE FACE AREA THE FALL WAS ABOUT 35TO 40 FT IN LENGTH 20FT WIDE AND 5TO7FT HIGH