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No 1 Pile: 1 reportable incident Coal

Tolbert Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Tolbert Joe
Tams, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602397

MSHA record for No 1 Pile (mine ID 4602397). 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
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Slab Fork Coal Company 1950 to 1984
  2. D & H Trucking 1984 to 1985
  3. Tolbert Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Pile sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
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

February 10, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Slab Fork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS LIFTING A PARTIALLY LOADED MINE CAR CONTAINING ROCK IN AN EFFORT TO RURN IT OVER ANDEMPTY THE CAR. HE REALIZED THE LOAD WAS TOO GREAT AFTER RAISING IT OFF THE GROUND. HE THEN ATTEM PTED TO SET IT BACK ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE RELAEASED IT A BOUNCING ACTION RESULTED IN THE FRONT END LOADER HE WAS USING. HE STRUCK HIS BACK AGAINST THE TOP OF THE OPERATOR\S SEAT.