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No 1 Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Phillip H Edwards
Roderfield, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608231

No 1 Strip has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Firetower Mining Inc 1992 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)
1994 20 90,890
1993 24 193,795
1992 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Strip 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

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

September 20, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Firetower Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS PERSON WAS WALKING FROM COAL TRUCK TO SEALE HOUSE TO PICK-UP HIS TICKETS. HE SAYS HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

April 29, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Firetower Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING ENDLOADER IN AN OPEN PIT AND LOADING ROCK ON ROCK TRUCKS. HE THEN RAN THE LOADER INTO A SOLID SECTION OF ROCK LEFT IN THE SHOT. RESULTS WERE AN INJURY TO NECK AND RIGHT ARM. CAUSE: WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELT.