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No 1 Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Edwards Holding Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walls Melisa
Thorpe, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608360

No 1 Strip has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Edwards Holding Inc 1993 to 1994
  2. Edwards Holding Inc 1994 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)
1996 20 41,263
1995 44 170,373
1994 12 117,379
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

1995 · 1 incident

March 16, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Edwards Holding Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AN AUGER FELL AND MASHED HIS LEG BETWEEN AUGER AND AUGER SLED. THIS BROKE HIS LEFT ABOVE HIS ANKLE.

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1994 · 1 incident

October 14, 1994 WV · Coal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper MACHINERY
Edwards Holding Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING DRILL AND DOOR SHUT UP ON OPERATOR RIGHT THUMB. BROKE THE SKIN AND BROKE FIRST JOINT IN THUMB. THUMB NAIL WAS LOOSE.