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No 1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mingo Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pritchard Herb
Thacker, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606749

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 4606749). 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
1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. Bronzite Mining Company Inc 1984 to 1987
  2. Mingo Mining Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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

1984 · 1 incident

December 3, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bronzite Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

HAULING ROCK TO PUT ON ROAD LAND BERMS. DRIVERS TRUCK HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE HE STOPED AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO BACK TRUCK OFF HILL AND HIS BROKE FAILED HIM. HJE THEN JUMPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK LANDING ON ROCK AND BROKE HIS ANKLE. OBSWERVED BY MINE EMT AND AMBULANCE CREW THEN TRANPORTED TO THE WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPTIAL.