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No 1 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Volunteer Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Henry Paul Kizer
Bob White, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606805

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4606805). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Volunteer Coal Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 1 incident

November 6, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Volunteer Coal Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALTHOUGH CLAIM 3S CHARGED AGAINST CO. AS MINER E %*%* MINE RELATED NOISE THE CO. FEELS IT IS NOT A RESULT OF MINE RELATED EXPOSURE.

1984 · 3 incidents

July 31, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Volunteer Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THE TOP GAVE WAY AT THE HIGHWALL IN THE #2 ENTRYAT THE ENTRANCE THE ROCK CRUSHED AT PART OF THE CANOPY NO DAMAGE TO ANYONE OR ANY EQUIPMENT FALL DIMENSIONS-35FTLONG-16FTWIDE-7FTTHICK