Virginia Crews Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED THE AREAS INBY THE FALL WILL BE SPOT BOLTED AND ENTRIES WILL BE PUT BACK ON
No 15: 1 reportable incident Coal
Virginia Crews Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Voest-Alpine International Corp
Iaeger,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604250
MSHA record for No 15 (mine ID 4604250). 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
- Oct 1983
Ownership history
- J & C Coal Company 1974 to 1974
- Virginia Crews Coal Company 1974 to 1983
- Virginia Crews Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 15 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.