Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip: 19 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Titchenell Darwin
Valley Point, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602558

MSHA record for No 1 Strip (mine ID 4602558). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Rockville Mining Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Strip sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

March 2, 1990 WV · Coal drill helper DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Rockville Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RECEIVED LETTER FROM STATE WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND GRANTING I.NAME 75% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY AWARD FOR HEARING LOSS.

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 4 incidents

June 9, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rockville Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

FELL FROM HIS LIFT TO CEMENT FLOOR, R- SHOULDER, R- ARM, R- HAND CONTUSIONS R- SHOULDER, WRIST, HIP SPRAINN R- WRIST.

January 21, 1988 WV · Coal welder (shop) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Rockville Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS

1987 · 2 incidents

October 22, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Rockville Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS.

1986 · 1 incident

September 15, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Rockville Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE PLACING W5TER IN BATTERY-BATTERY BLEW UP ACID CHEMICAL BURN AND FOREIGN BODY IN EYES.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 5 incidents

June 1, 1983 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING CHAIN LINK ON CORNER OF DRAG BUCKET- LINK SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS REACHING FOR WELDER CAUSING ACUTE SPRAIN STRAIN OF THE LUMBER & SACRAL SPRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK